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What is Celebrex?
Celebrex (also known as celecoxib) is a non-steroidal antiinflammatory approved to relieve the pain, swelling and stiffness of osteoarthritis and adult rheumatoid arthritis. It is an experimental drug in the treatment of ALS/MND, theorised to work down inflammatory immune pathways.
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Reasons Taken
57 patients in the community are taking or have taken Celebrex.
| Reason | # Patients | Percentage of patients |
|---|---|---|
| Pain | 21 | 36% |
| Other | 20 | 35% |
| Stiffness/spasticity | 6 | 10% |
| General health | 3 | 5% |
| Back pain | 2 | 3% |
| Arthritis | 1 | 1% |
| Bladder problems | 1 | 1% |
| disease-related symptoms | 1 | 1% |
| Depression | 1 | 1% |
Dosages
Based on the patients currently taking Celebrex.
Duration
How long current patients have been taking Celebrex or how long patients were taking Celebrex before stopping.
Currently taking Celebrex
Stopped taking Celebrex
Patient Reported Evaluations
Results from 6 patient evaluations. See the overall results and all individual evaluations.
Efficacy (Effect based on reason taken)
| Major | 100% | 2 |
|---|
Other
Side-effects (as an overall problem)
| Severe | 0% | 0 |
|---|---|---|
| Moderate | 0% | 0 |
| Mild | 0% | 0 |
| None | 100% | 6 |
Summary results are based on 6 individual responses. For more information, see overall results for Adherence, Burden and Cost.
Individual Patient Reported Evaluations (2 of 6)
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- chris001
- Sensation: Mild
- Overall: None
- Cognition: none
- Vision: mild
- Speech: none
- Swallowing: mild
- Upper limb: none
- Walking: none
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by chris001
Sep 14, 2008
- EfficacyModerate
- Side-effectsNone
- Stiffness/spasticity
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- babsinfisk
- Sensation: Moderate
- Overall: Moderate
- Cognition: moderate
- Vision: moderate
- Speech: moderate
- Swallowing: moderate
- Upper limb: moderate
- Walking: moderate
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by babsinfisk
Sep 17, 2008
- EfficacyMajor
- Side-effectsNone
- Other
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0 helpful marks