Re: Celebrex ? is it really that bad

[Guest guest]

hi bonnie, i myself have never taken celebrex but my friend does. she says it

helps but just recently she had a scare with her heart.. thank goodness

everything came out o.k. i have heard the same thing about the side effects.. i

cant tell you what to do but im in a situation right now where i have to decide

to take a certain med or not.. i have decided to stop the med cuz it does not

help with the pain & it causes bad side effects to my other organs... im in pain

every day with the med or without, so i did the latter. i just keep myself

occupied with things i enjoy & just DEAL WITH THE PAIN!!! i to lay awake late at

night with pain unable to sleep,so i get on the computer & respond to my

e-mails.. im so behind but i got to your message so im on to my next one.. GOOD

LUCK IN WHATEVER YOU DECIDE, ONLY YOU KNOW YOUR BODY!!! GOD BLESS,MELYNDAGAMEZ

4/24/08 10:50P.M.CENTRAL TIME

[ ] Celebrex ? is it really that bad

I took celebrex for a couple of years for ra and the doctor now has

taken me off of the medication because he does not like the long term

risk factors for heart problems related to taking this medication.

Yet it helped and now I am in a lot of pain really bad pain and I

wanted to know is it really that bad that the risk is too much and now

the best health thing for me to do is not take it at all? Otherwise I

am 32 years old and am healthy in all other aspects besides the ra. I

just cant take all this pain and I cant sleep well I lay awake in pain

every night and it is not cool. Yet I do not want to develop heart

problems, which choice is best.

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[Guest guest]

Hi Bonnie,

Celebrex is one of the first meds I was put on for RA, along with Plaquenil

and Glucosamine. I've been taking it for 8 years now with no problems. My RA

doctor told me he there wasn't any risk involved in just taking 1 200 mg dose

per day. He said no matter how much pain I'm in to never take more than 1 pill a

day. I don't have any heart problems other than a slower than normal heart beat.

My RA doctor has a strong Russian accent and sometimes I couldn't understand

everything he said. I couldn't get a appointment with him when I had to

reschedule an appointment so I had to see his PA. After that they starting

scheduling all my appointments with his PA. I complained about having increased

pain in my hands and he told me to take 2 Celebrex a day. I told him my RA

doctor told me to never do that under any circumstances. He said that is what

I'm telling you do if you want to decrease the pain. But I didn't ever take more

1 a day. I've been thinking about changing back to my

regular RA doctor or changing to another doctor. I hope this helps.

Pam

Melynda Gamez <melyndagamez@...> wrote:

hi bonnie, i myself have never taken celebrex but my friend does. she

says it helps but just recently she had a scare with her heart.. thank goodness

everything came out o.k. i have heard the same thing about the side effects.. i

cant tell you what to do but im in a situation right now where i have to decide

to take a certain med or not.. i have decided to stop the med cuz it does not

help with the pain & it causes bad side effects to my other organs... im in pain

every day with the med or without, so i did the latter. i just keep myself

occupied with things i enjoy & just DEAL WITH THE PAIN!!! i to lay awake late at

night with pain unable to sleep,so i get on the computer & respond to my

e-mails.. im so behind but i got to your message so im on to my next one.. GOOD

LUCK IN WHATEVER YOU DECIDE, ONLY YOU KNOW YOUR BODY!!! GOD BLESS,MELYNDAGAMEZ

4/24/08 10:50P.M.CENTRAL TIME

[ ] Celebrex ? is it really that bad

I took celebrex for a couple of years for ra and the doctor now has

taken me off of the medication because he does not like the long term

risk factors for heart problems related to taking this medication.

Yet it helped and now I am in a lot of pain really bad pain and I

wanted to know is it really that bad that the risk is too much and now

the best health thing for me to do is not take it at all? Otherwise I

am 32 years old and am healthy in all other aspects besides the ra. I

just cant take all this pain and I cant sleep well I lay awake in pain

every night and it is not cool. Yet I do not want to develop heart

problems, which choice is best.

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[Guest guest]

Hi Bonnie,

Celebrex is one of the first meds I was put on for RA, along with Plaquenil

and Glucosamine. I've been taking it for 8 years now with no problems. My RA

doctor told me he there wasn't any risk involved in just taking 1 200 mg dose

per day. He said no matter how much pain I'm in to never take more than 1 pill a

day. I don't have any heart problems other than a slower than normal heart beat.

My RA doctor has a strong Russian accent and sometimes I couldn't understand

everything he said. I couldn't get a appointment with him when I had to

reschedule an appointment so I had to see his PA. After that they starting

scheduling all my appointments with his PA. I complained about having increased

pain in my hands and he told me to take 2 Celebrex a day. I told him my RA

doctor told me to never do that under any circumstances. He said that is what

I'm telling you do if you want to decrease the pain. But I didn't ever take more

1 a day. I've been thinking about changing back to my

regular RA doctor or changing to another doctor. I hope this helps.

Pam

Melynda Gamez <melyndagamez@...> wrote:

hi bonnie, i myself have never taken celebrex but my friend does. she

says it helps but just recently she had a scare with her heart.. thank goodness

everything came out o.k. i have heard the same thing about the side effects.. i

cant tell you what to do but im in a situation right now where i have to decide

to take a certain med or not.. i have decided to stop the med cuz it does not

help with the pain & it causes bad side effects to my other organs... im in pain

every day with the med or without, so i did the latter. i just keep myself

occupied with things i enjoy & just DEAL WITH THE PAIN!!! i to lay awake late at

night with pain unable to sleep,so i get on the computer & respond to my

e-mails.. im so behind but i got to your message so im on to my next one.. GOOD

LUCK IN WHATEVER YOU DECIDE, ONLY YOU KNOW YOUR BODY!!! GOD BLESS,MELYNDAGAMEZ

4/24/08 10:50P.M.CENTRAL TIME

[ ] Celebrex ? is it really that bad

I took celebrex for a couple of years for ra and the doctor now has

taken me off of the medication because he does not like the long term

risk factors for heart problems related to taking this medication.

Yet it helped and now I am in a lot of pain really bad pain and I

wanted to know is it really that bad that the risk is too much and now

the best health thing for me to do is not take it at all? Otherwise I

am 32 years old and am healthy in all other aspects besides the ra. I

just cant take all this pain and I cant sleep well I lay awake in pain

every night and it is not cool. Yet I do not want to develop heart

problems, which choice is best.

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