How Long Does It Take for Celebrex to Work? - Page 2

Kachina624 · ‎03-10-2010

Celebrex never helped me at all. I've taken a NSAID, Lodine, for years and it works better than anything else I've ever tried. It's an older drug with a generic available. I do go in for a blood test every 3 months.

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Favorite Son · ‎12-07-2012

On 12/2/2014 Fortune said:
On 12/2/2014 Favorite Son said:
Lots of side effects with Celebrex, and the NSAIDs (naproxen, ibuprofen), etc., aren't much better. They are very hard on your kidneys, among other things. Please be careful.

Thanks, Favorite Son! I appreciate your advice. I guess I should plan to have regular blood work done.

I really feel for you. My mother suffers with osteoarthritis. It has eaten away much of her spine and right shoulder. She is in constant pain and recently developed numbness in her right leg as a result of compression/subluxation in her lumbar spine. Her knees are basically wrecked. She suffered a stroke while taking the Celebrex and after she stopped taking that, she transitioned to Alleve because it was "safer." Her last lab workup showed an unsatisfactory creatine level, so her internist sent her to a nephrologist. We had that appointment today. He reviewed twelve years of her blood work and spent a great deal of time with her, explaining the impact that the Alleve (naproxen sodium) and Tylenol (ibuprofen) have on the kidneys. Both of those analgesic anti-inflammatories diminish kidney function and as a secondary side effect of diminished kidney function, they increase swelling and inflammation. So he patiently explained to her that his goal is to help her change her meds to improve her kidney function, while finding some other way to manage her pain. He also reviewed some of her other medication and recommended she reduce the dosage of her cholesterol-lowering medication. She recently started warm water therapy and believes she feels better from doing that, but I really do not know how she can manage without some kind of pain relief. Her body is just so wracked with this arthritis. She is willing to try taking far less of the Alleve and he prescribed a different pain medication to try as an alternative. But there aren't really any good things to do with this awful thing called arthritis.

okiebug · ‎04-05-2010

On 12/2/2014 Favorite Son said:
On 12/2/2014 Fortune said:
On 12/2/2014 Favorite Son said:
Lots of side effects with Celebrex, and the NSAIDs (naproxen, ibuprofen), etc., aren't much better. They are very hard on your kidneys, among other things. Please be careful.

Thanks, Favorite Son! I appreciate your advice. I guess I should plan to have regular blood work done.

I really feel for you. My mother suffers with osteoarthritis. It has eaten away much of her spine and right shoulder. She is in constant pain and recently developed numbness in her right leg as a result of compression/subluxation in her lumbar spine. Her knees are basically wrecked. She suffered a stroke while taking the Celebrex and after she stopped taking that, she transitioned to Alleve because it was "safer." Her last lab workup showed an unsatisfactory creatine level, so her internist sent her to a nephrologist. We had that appointment today. He reviewed twelve years of her blood work and spent a great deal of time with her, explaining the impact that the Alleve (naproxen sodium) and Tylenol (ibuprofen) have on the kidneys. Both of those analgesic anti-inflammatories diminish kidney function and as a secondary side effect of diminished kidney function, they increase swelling and inflammation. So he patiently explained to her that his goal is to help her change her meds to improve her kidney function, while finding some other way to manage her pain. He also reviewed some of her other medication and recommended she reduce the dosage of her cholesterol-lowering medication. She recently started warm water therapy and believes she feels better from doing that, but I really do not know how she can manage without some kind of pain relief. Her body is just so wracked with this arthritis. She is willing to try taking far less of the Alleve and he prescribed a different pain medication to try as an alternative. But there aren't really any good things to do with this awful thing called arthritis.

Favorite Son, I'm so sorry about your mother. I understand fully. My mother had severe osteoporosis that settled mainly in her spine - her ribs sat on top of each other and caused her severe pain. She got relief from a fentanyl patch. Has the doctor suggested that? It is a patch you apply to your skin and releases the medicine slowly over 3 days and it doesn't affect the kidneys at all.

Reba055 · ‎06-23-2014

On 12/3/2014 okiebug said:
On 12/2/2014 Favorite Son said:
On 12/2/2014 Fortune said:
On 12/2/2014 Favorite Son said:
Lots of side effects with Celebrex, and the NSAIDs (naproxen, ibuprofen), etc., aren't much better. They are very hard on your kidneys, among other things. Please be careful.

Thanks, Favorite Son! I appreciate your advice. I guess I should plan to have regular blood work done.

I really feel for you. My mother suffers with osteoarthritis. It has eaten away much of her spine and right shoulder. She is in constant pain and recently developed numbness in her right leg as a result of compression/subluxation in her lumbar spine. Her knees are basically wrecked. She suffered a stroke while taking the Celebrex and after she stopped taking that, she transitioned to Alleve because it was "safer." Her last lab workup showed an unsatisfactory creatine level, so her internist sent her to a nephrologist. We had that appointment today. He reviewed twelve years of her blood work and spent a great deal of time with her, explaining the impact that the Alleve (naproxen sodium) and Tylenol (ibuprofen) have on the kidneys. Both of those analgesic anti-inflammatories diminish kidney function and as a secondary side effect of diminished kidney function, they increase swelling and inflammation. So he patiently explained to her that his goal is to help her change her meds to improve her kidney function, while finding some other way to manage her pain. He also reviewed some of her other medication and recommended she reduce the dosage of her cholesterol-lowering medication. She recently started warm water therapy and believes she feels better from doing that, but I really do not know how she can manage without some kind of pain relief. Her body is just so wracked with this arthritis. She is willing to try taking far less of the Alleve and he prescribed a different pain medication to try as an alternative. But there aren't really any good things to do with this awful thing called arthritis.

Favorite Son, I'm so sorry about your mother. I understand fully. My mother had severe osteoporosis that settled mainly in her spine - her ribs sat on top of each other and caused her severe pain. She got relief from a fentanyl patch. Has the doctor suggested that? It is a patch you apply to your skin and releases the medicine slowly over 3 days and it doesn't affect the kidneys at all.

I was going to suggest that your mom see a pain management specialist. There are long acting pain meds (like the Fentanyl patch among others) that can help tremendously. She should not have to suffer. I can sympathize as I have many spinal issues and it can be so painful and affects all areas of the body due to nerve and/or spinal canal compression. Taking an Aleve or mild pain reliever like some people do for say, knee pain, probably isn't going to cut it. Best wishes, I'm sorry to hear about her situation.