Guest guest Posted December 17, 2008 Report Share Posted December 17, 2008 --- " daniel go figure " wrote: > > does celebrex help and is it expensive and why will my insurance not > cover it Whether or not it will help depends on what your problem is. Celebrex is an NSAID - nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory - a prescription dose of a drug like the over-the-counter medicine ibuprofen, which is in Advil or Aleve. If your pain is being caused by inflammation, then an NSAID is appropriate treatment. If your pain is not due to inflammation, it probably won't do a lot. Many of these prescription NSAIDs have some dangerous - even deadly - side effects. Many have been taken off the market entirely. They can cause heart problems as well as stomach ulcers. True pain medications - that is, opiates - have no such dangers. Opiates are very safe drugs that don't damage organs, even with long-term use. Your insurance doesn't want to pay for it because they think you could get the same results with a $5 bottle of ibuprofen. However, If your doctor thinks Celebrex is the right drug for you, then all you have to do is have his office fill out some paperwork for your insurance. They will be forced to cover it if he says it is the only option for you and you've tried all the alternatives. And if by " shots " you mean steroid epidurals, the sad truth is that doctors make a heck of a lot of money off shots - they don't make a dime off writing a prescription. That's why they do them. You should be aware, however, that steroid epidurals are NOT an FDA approved procedure. In fact, steroids are counterindicated for use in the epidural space. They are very dangerous, and have the potential to cause a very serious condition called adhesive arachnoiditis. I have it and you don't want it. Do some research on the topic and you will decide that you want to start saying NO to those shots! (For anyone else reading, I am referring ONLY to steriod epidurals. There are other kinds of shots - such as steriods into joints or injections into trigger point muscles - that are very different and don't have these dangers. ) Cheryl in AZ Moderator Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 17, 2008 Report Share Posted December 17, 2008 im taking vicoprofen now doesn't seem to be as good as lortab, and cost much more. I'll be back in a week and will see if he will put me back on lortab. I dont not of a alternitive so cheap but so effective, only worry is the acetimetamine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 18, 2008 Report Share Posted December 18, 2008 Cheryl in AZ wrote: >In fact, steroids are counter indicated for use in the epidural space. > They are very dangerous, and have the potential to cause a very serious condition called > adhesive arachnoiditis. I told my pain management doctor that I knew someone who had devastating results from a steroid epidural. His eyes got all round and he strongly commented that any doctor who did steroid epidurals did not know what he/she was doing and needed to be sent back to school. Since the USA is the land of suing others for everything and anything, he also immediately asked if you'd sued. Then we started talking about the cost of malpractice insurance in the States. It's no wonder doctors are reluctant to get into areas like pain management and obstetrics. Compared to other countries, their malpractice insurance rates are astronomical. Lyndi Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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