celebrex for lupus

I have lots of pain in my joints and now many muscle spasms, for which I take Celebrex and Methocarbomal. they help a lot, but the pain pills (Darvocette) work for the rest of the pain. Has you doc decided whether or not you have Lupus? I have Lupus (SLE) and Sjogren's Syndrome. I don't have a clue about your lumps. I did see a news blip yesterday about a man with HPV that caused lumps to grow alllllllll over him, to the point of making him look like a tree trunk.

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.

fortunately, he is monitoring my DS-DNA and urine protein levels along with my full bloodwork every 2 months, since he still considers my symptoms to raise suspicion for SLE...am still negative for all the lupus-like antibodies except for the ANA...who knows, maybe I'll end up having both...

I went to the doctor and he said to look out for the shingles rash again and put me on Celebrex. The Celebrex worked for a couple of days and then it got worse. Much much worse. My joints were feeling like they had Charlie Horses inside the bones. My left ankle, knee, hip, and wrist were really cramping. He told me to stop the Celebrex. The pain subsided a little but my arm pain was back. Wednesday I was in the sun all day and then Thursday all hell broke loose. My arm started to REALLY hurt.

Current symptoms include facial rash, extreme photosensitivity (rash though my clothes), hair loss, fatigue, vertigo, nauseau, joint pain, fluid on joints, extremely tender muscles, low vitamin D (20), arthritis (neck, shoulders, SI Joints, hips, knees), degenerative disc disease in neck, cold sensitivity, carpal tunnel, gritty dry eyes, and heart palpitations. Blood work negative for Lupus and RA. I have small sores in my mouth, which aren't very painful. I am taking 400 mgs.

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.

I have been experiencing stiffness, aching and swelling in both hands for about a year now. 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.

I went to the doctor and he said to look out for the shingles rash again and put me on Celebrex. The Celebrex worked for a couple of days and then it got worse. Much much worse. My joints were feeling like they had Charlie Horses inside the bones. My left ankle, knee, hip, and wrist were really cramping. He told me to stop the Celebrex. The pain subsided a little but my arm pain was back. Wednesday I was in the sun all day and then Thursday all hell broke loose. My arm started to REALLY hurt.

Fosamax is safe for liver patients. Celebrex in the short term (for a couple of weeks) should not be harmful. However, it is not something he wants me on for any length of time.

I took Celebrex for several years for joint pain due to Crohn's. I keep having bowel obstructions so I went to a new dr. He told me to stop taking the Celebrex and start taking a tylenol everyday. I have not had any more obstructions but I do still have some joint pain.

I have been prescibed Celebrex for osteoarthris pain. Can it be taken every day for long term management of arthritis.

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?

I tried looking that up on the internet and all that comes up is Rheumatoid arthritis. He has put me on Plaquenil and Celebrex. Do I have RA? I am going to ask for a copy of my labs to see exactly what is on them and he also told me that as far as my x-rays go my feet and knees show signs of wear and I have a bone spur on each heel.

all the symptoms are persistant and subside slightly with celebrex (ibu 800 four times daily helped too, but too high of dose). I read that if you are too early in your disease state that the ANA test and RH factor will be negative, is that true? Any idea how far in your disease you need to be to get accurate trust-worthy results? I did have a lymph node removed due to size, but all I was told was that the node was just "reactive", any idea where i should go from here?

During one of the ER visits the dr said I have costochondritis and prescribed celebrex and Percocet for the pain.

Please tell her not to give up....I have been there....I have a diagnosis of "undifferentiated arthritis", suspicious for seronegative RA or systemic lupus erythematosus (since I also had skin rash induced by the sun a while ago)...my only blood abnormality has been a highly positive ANA (1:640)...I had some swelling of the fingers, hands, and wrists initially, but it's been mostly joint pain & stiffness over the past year...

true, I was on celebrex for a short time and it did not work for me. I thought it was making even more edgy and did not help with my muscle & joint pain. I think just like everything else, it is different for different people. Good luck & welcome to the forum.

The tests you need to ask for are Free T3 and Free T4, which are actual thyroid hormones and TSH which is a pituitary hormone that stimulates the thyroid to produce thyroid hormones. Many doctors will only want to order the TSH - insist on the Free T3 and Free T4, as well.

I went to the doctor and he said to look out for the shingles rash again and put me on Celebrex. The Celebrex worked for a couple of days and then it got worse. Much much worse. My joints were feeling like they had Charlie Horses inside the bones. My left ankle, knee, hip, and wrist were really cramping. He told me to stop the Celebrex. The pain subsided a little but my arm pain was back. Wednesday I was in the sun all day and then Thursday all hell broke loose. My arm started to REALLY hurt.

THIS IS MORE DETAIL FROM MY ORIGINAL POST, MY ANA HAD BEEN POSITIVE FOR ALMOST 20YEARS, ACCORDING TO MY RUMMY IT ALWAYS WILL, THEY'VE NEVER TOLD ME THE LEVEL. IN 2002 WHEN I HAD MY FUSION SURGERY, THE DRS TOLD ME THAT I HAD TO BE ONE OF THE STRONEST WOMEN THEY HAD EVER SEEN, TO HAVE THAT MUCH DAMAGE TO MY C4AND 5. THESE DAMN FLARES HAVE A MIND OF THEIR OWN. WITH ALL THE OTHER FLARES, EXCEPT MY NECK THE WAS NEVER ANY JOINT INVOLVEMENT, EXCEPT PROTEIN IN MY URINE.

I never had high blood sugar but recently after a 10 day course of celebrex for an inflamed shoulder muscle my fasting blood sugar shot up to 137. I read that celebrex has this side effect. Is it reversible?

No, it would be unheard of for Celebrex to damage your heart valve. Celebrex and similar drugs do cause high blood pressure in many individuals, though. You might have gone forever and not known about the heart valve if you had not gotten high blood pressure from the Celebrex. Follow whatever advice the cardiologist gave you, and don't worry.

Trying a new drug for pain... Celebrex. I was on Diamox but could not tolerate it as it caused severe kidney PAIN. So, my PCP wants me to try Celebrex (3 days on, 3 days off). Anyone have any experience/knowledge of this med and, if so, how did you fare with it?

am being worked up for an autoimmune with no definitive diagnosis yet (1/24/10). Have positive ANA, multiple minor aches and pains, Raynauds, etc. but my concern now is first-time stabbing, burning foot pain on both sides that is excruciating/disabling and have to try to go to work 2morrow. Neurotin prescribed by RN covering for docs. Is this gonna help or do I need a supplemental narcotic to get thru day before I can reach rheumatologist? HELP!

This might not be a potential case for lawsuit. These are the known side effects of celebrex, which may be more pronounced in some individuals. Though celebrex carries the risk of gastritis and GI ulceration, like other NSAIDS; the incidence is slightly lower as compared to others. Symptom of GI reflux can be aggravated by it. Rhythm abnormalities (early de-polarisation/ re-polarisation) may not be related to celebrex use.

I just got this diagnosed and the gave me a steroid shot in the inflammed area ...the dr also gave me a script for celebrex to keep inflammation down.....i really don't feel like taking these pills because of side effects....would it really be bad for the healing if i don't take them?

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