Diclofenac long term use
Common Questions and Answers about Diclofenac long term use
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s 2 a day to try and see if a non narcotic medication may give me some relief long term with my rib pain. I have taken it for 2 weeks and at first I didn't think it was helping at all. Now I think 1 of 2 things either A) it's starting to build up in my system and is helping better or B) My ribs just happen to feel a bit better lately.
I already know all the technical information on how the drug works, is released, what it's used for etc. so I don't need that.
Link doesn't work anymore. Anyway, the resorption of topical Diclofenac is minimal!
https://www.pharmazeutische-zeitung.de/ausgabe-5152532009/fda-warnt-vor-leberschaeden/
Translation via DeepL.com
all-clear from the manufacturer
Voltaren manufacturer Novartis points out that in more than 20 years of application experience in local pain therapy, liver damage or severe hepatic reactions have never been reported.
Thanks Idyllic.
I read the link to the thread you posted above. Very interesting. I didn't read the article in the link that you sent because, as you said, it is pretty old, plus it appeared there was a charge to read it.
My husband's hepatologist called back and said that it's fine for him to go on a short term course of Diclofenac. She said they wouldn't want him to be on it long term, but short term is OK.
Thanks Randy. My husband's hepatologist called back and said that it's fine for him to go on a short term course of Diclofenac. She said they wouldn't want him to be on it long term, but short term is OK. In checking further with my husband, the tendons that go down the forearm to the wrist are torn, so I guess reducing the inflammation is important. It sounds like he needs the medication (along with ice and rest) so the tendon(s) can heal.
Not that long ago I witnessed how everyday diclofenac use (cca 100mg daily) for three months, led to severe thrombocytopenia that required 3 platelet transfusions. And blood transfusions are not harmless as people may think. In order to put other people's blood into you, they have to seriously weaken your entire immune system first, otherwise it would immediatelly attack foreign substance. Barely working immune system is a very dangerous situation to be in.
They certainly hear all the negative media coverage damning the prescription and use of long term opiates. If we influence or change one person's negative attitude towards chronic pain and its management than we are fighting the war against us! Yes the War against Us, Against Chronic Pain Patients.
You should not be shamed or harassed into this position, "stop the mess and live in constant pain." Taking your husband to your next appt along with educating him may be beneficial.
The only reason that I ask is that I've heard on of the long-term side effects on dxm use is being a bit lathargic. I'm that way now and the VA did an MRI of my brain and found that my adrenal glad had begun to shrink so, it wasn't producing enough of the thyroid hormone.....I can already tell I'm got some defects from the long term use in my cognitive abilities. I'm down to 18 pills day. 1 pill every two days. The morning w/draws have pretty much stopped.
I have recently been feeling full of regret, very emotional and tearful, I have been informed this amy be due to the long term use of Naltrexone, and lack of natural endorphins , so i have been advised by my CDT Nurse to start thinking about coming off of them, is this right? Other wise, my life is so good compared to what it was, I am happy, but just feel like the past keeps wanting me to remember how bad things were... could my 'miracle' now be becoming my tormenter?
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I was diagnosed with anxiety and panic disorder 2 1/2 years ago, and I have been taking Lexapro at 10 mg per day ever since. The medicine has really seemed to have helped my life in all aspects. Whether it has really helped or if this is some kind of placebo effect, I am unsure. I still have moments of reasonable stress at work, but who doesn't...most importantly, I don't have panic attacks anymore.
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