Re: Pain managment pre op ..... NSAID

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> De Smet and some of the other european docs believe that in fact the

> NSAIDS increase the rate of degeneration in the joint. I tend to

> agree because my hip went very fast after I started taking the

> stronger ones. Won't be doing that again.

>

> Pam

Hi Pam: Was celebrex one of the stronger ones?

Does anyone know if there is any published literature suggesting (even

speculating) that NSAIDs accelerate deterioration? As a

non-professional, I can imagine that the effect from painkillers may

be that the absence of feedback from pain that tells us to stop

walking might make us walk more which would accelerate degeneration of

the cartilege.

I have been taking celebrex for a year, and it has made a big

difference in my level of comfort, but ....

Thanks much,