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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 175 58 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_slight Efficacy_none Efficacy_cant_tell
Arthritis pain 124 33 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_slight Efficacy_cant_tell
Fibromyalgia 70 27 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_slight Efficacy_none Efficacy_cant_tell
Inflammation 44 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
Joint pain 19 11 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_slight Efficacy_none

See all 431 patients currently taking Celecoxib

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Reported Side Effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Severe
 15
Moderate
 22
Mild
 34
None
 99

Commonly reported side effects, conditions, and hospitalizations associated with Celecoxib

Stomach upset 6
Headaches 6
Stomach problems 5
Mood swings 4
Nausea 2
Feeling of heart pounding 2
See all 44 reported side effects ▼ See top 6 reported side effects ▲

Reported Dosages

Frequently reported dosages based on patients currently taking Celecoxib. See all 19 dosages ►

  200mg as needed 50mg as needed 100mg as needed daily 20 mg daily 50 mg daily 100 mg daily 200 mg daily 400 mg daily 800 mg daily
  16 Number of Patients: 16 7 Number of Patients: 7 7 Number of Patients: 7 7 Number of Patients: 7 2 Number of Patients: 2 28 Number of Patients: 28 39 Number of Patients: 39 216 Number of Patients: 216 114 Number of Patients: 114 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 98   Did not seem to work: 42%
Side effects too severe 57   Side effects too severe: 25%
Doctor's advice 51   Doctor's advice: 22%
Other 30   Other: 13%
Expense 27   Expense: 12%
Course of treatment ended 17   Course of treatment ended: 7%
Personal research 16   Personal research: 7%
Change in health plan coverage 6   Change in health plan coverage: 3%
Not indicated 3   Not indicated: 1%

See all 226 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
0

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
 132 78%
Usually
 19 11%
Sometimes
 12 7%
Never
 7 4%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Burden of Celecoxib

Very
 9 5%
Somewhat
 10 6%
A little
 22 13%
Not at all
 129 76%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

Cost of Celecoxib

$200+
 1 1%
$100-199
 5 5%
$50-99
 22 22%
$25-49
 24 24%
< $25
 47 47%

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Report created on February 11, 2012.