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What is Celecoxib?

Celecoxib is 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.

Reported Purpose & Efficacy

Reasons and Efficacy
Purpose # of patients
# of patients with evaluations Efficacy
Major
Moderate
Slight
None
Can’t tell
Pain 195 64 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_slight Efficacy_none Efficacy_cant_tell
Arthritis pain 150 39 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_slight Efficacy_cant_tell
Fibromyalgia 84 29 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_slight Efficacy_none Efficacy_cant_tell
Inflammation 46 13 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_slight Efficacy_none Efficacy_cant_tell
Other 40 12 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_slight Efficacy_none Efficacy_cant_tell
Spinal Stenosis 25 3 Efficacy_slight Efficacy_none

See all 479 patients currently taking Celecoxib

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Reported Dosages

Frequently reported dosages based on patients currently taking Celecoxib. See all 20 dosages ►

  200mg as needed 100mg as needed 50mg as needed daily 20 mg daily 50 mg daily 100 mg daily 200 mg daily 400 mg daily 800 mg daily
  17 Number of Patients: 17 10 Number of Patients: 10 7 Number of Patients: 7 7 Number of Patients: 7 2 Number of Patients: 2 31 Number of Patients: 31 44 Number of Patients: 44 242 Number of Patients: 242 125 Number of Patients: 125 2 Number of Patients: 2  

Reported Stop Reasons

Why Patients Stopped Taking Celecoxib (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Did not seem to work 117   Did not seem to work: 43%
Side effects too severe 68   Side effects too severe: 25%
Doctor's advice 60   Doctor's advice: 22%
Other 35   Other: 13%
Expense 27   Expense: 10%
Personal research 19   Personal research: 7%
Course of treatment ended 17   Course of treatment ended: 6%
Change in health plan coverage 6   Change in health plan coverage: 2%
Not indicated 3   Not indicated: 1%

See all 260 patients who’ve stopped taking Celecoxib

Reported Duration See details about how long patients take this treatment ▼

Currently Taking Celecoxib

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0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more

Stopped Taking Celecoxib

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0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more

Reported Adherence, Burden & Cost See details from patient evaluations ▼

Adherence

Taking treatment as prescribed

Adherence of Celecoxib

Always
 149 79%
Usually
 20 11%
Sometimes
 11 6%
Never
 8 4%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Burden of Celecoxib

Very
 9 5%
Somewhat
 11 6%
A little
 24 13%
Not at all
 144 77%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

Cost of Celecoxib

$200+
 2 2%
$100-199
 6 5%
$50-99
 23 20%
$25-49
 28 24%
< $25
 56 48%

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Report created on May 25, 2012.