Celebrex is the brand name for celecoxib, a non-steroidal antiinflammatory used to relieve the pain, swelling and stiffness of osteoarthritis and adult rheumatoid arthritis; to treat of primary dysmenorrhea; and to reduce intestinal polyps in the inherited disorder adenomatous polyposis.
| Reasons taken | # of patients | Major | Moderate | Slight | None | Can’t tell | # of patients evaluated by |
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| Pain | 20 |
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4 | ||
| Other | 14 |
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2 | |||
| Slow my ALS progress | 10 | 0 | |||||
| disease-related symptoms | 3 | 0 | |||||
| maintain weight | 1 | 0 | |||||
| General health | 1 | 0 |
See all 35 patients currently taking Celebrex
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| Reason | # Patients | Percentage of patients | |
|---|---|---|---|
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Did not seem to work
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13 | 48% |
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Doctor's advice
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5 | 19% |
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Side effects too severe
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5 | 19% |
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Other
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4 | 15% |
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Course of treatment ended
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3 | 11% |
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Personal research
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2 | 7% |
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Not indicated
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2 | 7% |
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Report created on November 21, 2009.