My wife has been Dx'ed with Lupus for a while now. She initially did chemo and steroids to get everything under control, and while she is usually fine, she does deal with a lot of fatigue.
She started having noticeable cardiac issues (flutters, racing, chest pain) over the summer, which eventually resulted in a Holter monitor. She had her f/u with her cardiologist yesterday and was diagnosed with PVCs.
I see ou wrote this a while back but I am hoping you are still here and will see my question. I am supposed to start taking Cellcept for Lupus and I can't find anyone who can tell me anything about how they did on it. Are you there? Did you have any side effects while on it?
My wife has been suffering from joint pain and a rash. The rash will come and go daily on different parts of her body. If the rash is close to a joint, it will cause severe pain. We have had all types of test,all come back normal. Have went to three different Doctors, they make her feel like there is nothing wrong with her. She is crying alot now, and talking about not wanting to go on with life. It is putting a big stress on are family. I do not know what else to do.
I don't think it should be an issue, I took Celebrex and Morphine for an extended time with no issue. Ask your doctor about any concerns though.
I was tested positive for the Lupus antibody, so it was assumed I had Lupus related arthritis. However, none of the medicine (celebrex and steroids) worked. The rheumatologist did an MRI and discovered no problem with my joints and concluded that whatever was going on was not arthritis or lupus related. My regular Dr now has my on Lexapro and is thinking some form of fibromyalgia, but the medicine is not doing anything to relieve the symptoms either.
See if they will at least give you the Celebrex, or Celebrex and plaquenil together for a couple months. The celebrex helps within 24 hours. But after about a year, you'll find it isn't helping anymore and you'll have to stop it for about 2 weeks. If you aren't on Plaquenil when you stop that, you will HURT and wish you were dead. Even if the Rheumy doesn't think you have Lupus, ask for the Plaquenil anyway. Remember, I went nine years.
My two daughters take Celebrex as a person would take Advil here or there and do fine with it .. they both cannot take ibuprofen. My son cannot take it since birth as he gets bad reflux from in ..
They make custom made ibuprofen suppositories if you really need a NSAID but cannot do it by mouth and they are wonderful .. you need a compounding pharmacy but my co pay was only $8.00!
Has anyone used Celebrex for their Crohn's? I have severe joint point pain and I have been told that Celebrex is a huge help for this. I am wondering about side effects and medicine interactions.
She is 64 but she also has osteoporosis and arthritis in her lower back. The back doctor just prescribed Celebrex, is this the safest drug for her? Also what should people with Hep C do to better care for their liver eventhough so far she seems to have a healthy liver. For the osteoporosis she is on Fosamax. She has been on it for several years. I am just afraid that too many potent drugs can be harmful for her liver.
Hey Hopey. I was just prescribed Celebrex too!! I'm very anxious to see how well it helps b/c i have constant back pain and have tried several meds that haven't given ANY relief. I started the Celebrex today, 600 mgs. And will take 400 mgs/day after today. The dr DID say it can take a few days to start feeling relief from it.
I have been on methotrexate and celebrex for at least 15 years, probably long. I am currently in a tremendous amount of pain in my fingers, elbows, shoulders, left knee and left hip. Volteran gel has not helped at all and neither has Aleve. Can I take tramadol with these two drugs? I have recently switched my insurance and am waiting to get into a new rheumatologist.
t really that affective for me but my insurance made me try practically every NSAID on the market before they would approve Celebrex. They denied Celebrex and even recommended a PPI (ulcer med) to take with the NSAID's because they didn't want to pay for Celebrex. After they denied me 4 or 5 times, they finally approved it. So now I take 400mg of Celebrex a day and it's a lot more effective than any other NSAID i've been on.
I live in pain everyday. I have two doctors. My Rheumatologist takes care of my autoimmune diseases with vitamins. My Neurologist takes care of the pain from Lupus and Sjogren's with Gabapentin. I suffer from tremors now and am taking Primidone to stop them. It doesn't always work. My GP takes care of my Hashimoto's with Levothyroxine. I also have high cholesterol and am taking Atorvastatin. I no longer have an immune system, which really frightens me.
Nowadays severity is increasing massaging those doesn’t cure symptoms and sometimes end up taking anti-inflammatory ( neproxene or celebrex ) which I got from previous visits to drs.
Now the stomach are inflammation is persistent and ankle gets swelling more often and doesn't go away with stretching or messaging.
So far, I have been to
Couple of physicians - suggested see ortho
orthopedic - they said nothing mechanically wrong.
During one of the ER visits the dr said I have costochondritis and prescribed celebrex and Percocet for the pain.
Does anyone take celebrex?I started Prozak last week and they want me to take celebrex too. They say my liver can take it, (stage 2 fibrosis). But I am afraid of the NSAIDs in celebrex, any one else taking it? Oh, I am on Methadone too. I am having my first liver biopsy in the morning, so I will find out more about my liver. I am scared to death about it coz I have had so many problems lately.
M JUST AT MY WITS END, I HAVE A VERY HIGH PAIN TOLERANCE, I HAD FOUR KIDS WITHOUT ANYTHING, EXCEPT THE NOVICANE WHEN THEY WERE STICHING ME UP, ALL THE PAIN MEDS THEY HAVE ME ON DONT TOUCH THE PAIN, METADONE, ONYCODONE, FLEXERIL, CELEBREX, AND I TAKE SEROQUEL AT NIGHT TO SLEEP, IF MY HUBSND AND I HAVE A FEW BEERS AT NIGHT IT HELPS WITH THE PAIN FOR SOME RESON I DON'T UNDERSTAND.
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