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Taking Celebrex
63 Patients currently take Celebrex
25 Patients stopped taking Celebrex
lilybet
Depression: 2
Emotional: 2
Compulsion: 0
Anxiety: 1
Mania: 1
Physical: 1
External Stress: Severe
48 F
Function: Low
Distress: Low
lilybet
200 mg daily since May 24, 2000
kleeko
Mouth/throat: mild
Arms: moderate
Chest: mild
Legs: moderate
kleeko
200 mg daily since Dec 23, 2006
gjones
Mouth/throat: moderate
Arms: severe
Chest: moderate
Legs: severe
gjones
20 mg daily since Aug 20, 2002

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What are people saying about Celebrex?

There are 27 posts in our forum about Celebrex. Join now and see what people are saying.

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. Read more...Click to read more below

Pfizer's Celebrex site


What we've learned

Why Patients Take Celebrex

Other
Other: 100% 21
Pain
Pain: 76% 16
General health
General health: 24% 5
Not indicated
Not indicated: 24% 5
slow my disease's progress
slow my disease's progress: 24% 5
Disease-related symptoms
Disease-related symptoms: 19% 4
Stiffness/spasticity
Stiffness/spasticity: 10% 2
Bladder problems
Bladder problems: 5% 1
Depression
Depression: 5% 1
Muscle tension
Muscle tension: 5% 1
Pain, back
Pain, back: 5% 1
Don't know
Don't know: 5% 1

Patient Dosages

20 mg daily 40 mg daily 100 mg daily 200 mg daily 400 mg daily 500 mg daily 600 mg daily N/A
2 Number of Patients: 2 1 Number of Patients: 1 4 Number of Patients: 4 34 Number of Patients: 34 16 Number of Patients: 16 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 6 Number of Patients: 6  

How Long Current Patients Have Been Taking Celebrex

< 1 month > 1 month > 3 months > 6 months > 1 year > 2 years
1
2
5
5
9
25

Why Patients Stopped Taking Celebrex (multiple reasons could be selected)

Did not seem to work
Did not seem to work: 100% 10
Side effects too severe
Side effects too severe: 60% 6
Other
Other: 30% 3
Expense
Expense: 20% 2
Doctor's advice
Doctor's advice: 20% 2
Course of treatment ended
Course of treatment ended: 20% 2
Not indicated
Not indicated: 20% 2

How Long Patients Took Celebrex Before Stopping

< 1 month > 1 month > 3 months > 6 months > 1 year > 2 years
1
3
3
5
6
5

Average: 1 star 2 star 3 star 4 star Celebrex Ratings

4 stars4 stars4 stars4 stars
4: 100% 3
1 star
1: 33% 1


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