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Mar 23, 2017 (Started Jan 09, 1995)

  • Effectiveness
    Major (for pain)
  • Effectiveness
    Moderate (for muscle and joint pain)
  • Effectiveness
    Major (for migraine headaches)
  • Effectiveness
    Moderate (for fibromyalgia)
  • Side effects
    None
  • Adherence
    Sometimes
  • Burden
    Somewhat hard to take
Dosage: As needed
Advice & Tips: Had kidney stones so stopped taking voltarol orally as much in favour of naproxen but i still have injections when i need to bypass my stomach which i do myself
Cost: < $25 monthly
Side effects: UTI symptoms

Jul 6, 2010 (Started Jan 09, 1995)

  • Effectiveness
    Slight (for muscle and joint pain)
  • Effectiveness
    Moderate (for migraine headaches)
  • Side effects
    Moderate (UTI symptoms)
  • Adherence
    Sometimes
  • Burden
    A little hard to take
Dosage: As needed
Advice & Tips: I have been taking Diclofenac or Voltarol for 16 years.... both orally and IM Injections, every day. I think this may have cause my continual ITI's and it may have led to my Kidney's not functioning correctly.
Cost: < $25 monthly
Side effects: UTI symptoms
  • 0 helpful marks

May 16, 2016 (Started May 15, 2016)

  • Effectiveness
    Moderate (for pain in hips)
  • Effectiveness
    Moderate (for hip bursitis)
  • Side effects
    None
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    Not at all hard to take
Dosage: 1 g Three times daily
Cost: < $25 monthly
  • 0 helpful marks

Sep 16, 2015 (Started Sep 02, 2015)

  • Effectiveness
    Slight (for pain)
  • Side effects
    None
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    Not at all hard to take
Dosage: 2 g Four times daily
Cost: $25-49 monthly
  • 0 helpful marks

Sep 7, 2015 (Started Jun 15, 2003)

  • Effectiveness
    Major (for knee inflammation)
  • Side effects
    None
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    Not at all hard to take
Dosage: 150 mg Daily
Cost: < $25 monthly

Feb 4, 2013 (Started Jun 15, 2003)

  • Effectiveness
    Major (for inflamation in knees)
  • Side effects
    None
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    Not at all hard to take
Dosage: 150 mg Daily
Advice & Tips: This medication is to be taken twice a day and if I can't take it I get to the place my knees will not work to get up the back steps to get in the house they hurt so bad. If I am to have surgery or anything they make me stop it and it just kills me for a week or so.
Cost: < $25 monthly

Jul 28, 2010 (Started Jun 15, 2003)

  • Effectiveness
    Major (for inflamation in knees)
  • Side effects
    None
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    Not at all hard to take
Dosage: 150 mg Daily
Advice & Tips: Medications are set up once a week for 3 times a day and the drug does as intended.
Cost: < $25 monthly
  • 0 helpful marks

Jun 8, 2015 (Started Feb 25, 2015)

  • Effectiveness
    Moderate (for arthritis pain)
  • Effectiveness
    Moderate (for achilles tendonitis)
  • Side effects
    None
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    Not at all hard to take
Cost: < $25 monthly
Side effects: kidney disease (chronic), kidney failure

Aug 23, 2010 (Started Feb 25, 2015)

  • Effectiveness
    Moderate (for arthritis pain)
  • Side effects
    Moderate (kidney disease (chronic), kidney failure)
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    Not at all hard to take
Side effects: kidney disease (chronic), kidney failure
  • 0 helpful marks

Jan 17, 2015 (Started Dec 04, 2013)

  • Effectiveness
    Moderate (for pain)
  • Effectiveness
    Moderate (for inflammation)
  • Side effects
    None
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    Not at all hard to take
Dosage: 75 mg Daily
  • 0 helpful marks

Jan 3, 2015 (Started Feb 08, 2011)

  • Effectiveness
    Moderate (for pain)
  • Side effects
    None
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    Not at all hard to take
Dosage: As needed
  • 0 helpful marks

Dec 22, 2014 (Started Mar 08, 2011)

  • Effectiveness
    None (for ankylosing spondylitis)
  • Side effects
    None
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    Not at all hard to take
Advice & Tips: This medication has not worked for me
Cost: < $25 monthly
  • 0 helpful marks

Dec 15, 2014 (Started Nov 15, 2014)

  • Effectiveness
    Moderate (for nerve pain (neuralgia))
  • Effectiveness
    Moderate (for muscle spasms in neck and shoulders)
  • Effectiveness
    Slight (for muscle spasms in lower back)
  • Side effects
    None
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    Somewhat hard to take
Dosage: 35 mg Three times daily
Advice & Tips: As the combinations with external inhuman experiments and interference's created mixed inaccurate medical input related to any medications I have taken prior to long breaks of input on medication use in the gaps since 2010.
  • 0 helpful marks

Nov 15, 2014 (Started Oct 15, 2014)

  • Effectiveness
    Moderate (for arthritis pain)
  • Side effects
    Severe (vertigo, deep itching)
  • Adherence
    Never taken as prescribed
  • Burden
    Very hard to take
Dosage: As needed
  • 0 helpful marks
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