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Medical Forum / Diseases and Disorders / Arthritis / July 2004BEXTRA--Any Opinions?
My doctor gave me a bunch of samples of BEXTRA for my OA--knees and hip due primarily to too much weight. I have been using indomethacin but it only lasts a few hours. Any experience with BEXTRA?? Thanks in advance. Bob. >My doctor gave me a bunch of samples of BEXTRA for my OA--knees and hip due >primarily to too much weight. I have been using indomethacin but it only lasts >a few hours. Any experience with BEXTRA?? Thanks in advance. Bob. For me personally, Bextra worked better than Vioxx or Celebrex or any of the traditional anti-inflammatory type of medicines. I had no side effects from it. Vioxx gave me insomnia. Celebrex worked great the first year or two and then quit working very well. Bextra has been the best (as far as pain relief) for me personally. Not everyone reacts the same or receives the same benefits. I hope it works as well for you. -- Kiyoshi - The reverse side also has a reverse side. "I have also learned from experience that the greater part of our happiness or misery depends upon our dispositions, and not upon our circumstances." Martha Dandridge Custis Washington, 1731-1802 After 5 days my legs (and the rest of my body somewhat) were swollen. It took 2 weeks to get it out of my system and get the swelling back down. > My doctor gave me a bunch of samples of BEXTRA for my OA--knees and hip due > primarily to too much weight. I have been using indomethacin but it only lasts > a few hours. Any experience with BEXTRA?? Thanks in advance. Bob. I'm on Bextra. It works as well for me as anything else has in terms of helping the pain. The big advantage it has for me over Celebrex and/or Vioxx is that it actually lasts 24 hours for me. The others both lasted about 20-22 hours. I took them twice/day so it didn't all wear off at once, but I could still feel the difference. Don't have that problme with Bextra. No side effects for me, but I don't have much trouble with side effects at all.  SignatureNann remove the Gator cheer to email me Simply the thing I am shall make me live --- William Shakespeare >I'm on Bextra. It works as well for me as anything else has in terms of >helping the pain. The big advantage it has for me over Celebrex and/or Vioxx >is that it actually lasts 24 hours for me. The others both lasted about >20-22 hours. I took them twice/day so it didn't all wear off at once, but I >could still feel the difference. Don't have that problme with Bextra. No >side effects for me, but I don't have much trouble with side effects at all. Same here, Nann. I couldn't do the Vioxx because it caused insomnia, but the Celebrex was as you describe with not lasting the full 24 hours so having to take it twice per day. The Bextra lasts the full 24 hours for me too. -- Kiyoshi - The reverse side also has a reverse side. "I have also learned from experience that the greater part of our happiness or misery depends upon our dispositions, and not upon our circumstances." Martha Dandridge Custis Washington, 1731-1802 I have taken 10mg bextra morining andthen again and night. I am aperson if there is a side effect I will get it, I have got none from bextra, tried vioxx but made me retain to much water. Give Bextra a try Becky > My doctor gave me a bunch of samples of BEXTRA for my OA--knees and hip due > primarily to too much weight. I have been using indomethacin but it only lasts > a few hours. Any experience with BEXTRA?? Thanks in advance. Bob. Caused my tummy to be upset and made my ankles swell. Duckie > My doctor gave me a bunch of samples of BEXTRA for my OA--knees and hip due > primarily to too much weight. I have been using indomethacin but it only lasts > a few hours. Any experience with BEXTRA?? Thanks in advance. Bob. Signature_('> (_<_) _ _('< -quack (_<_) _ __('< *QUACK!* <_{__) _('< "|,,|_" (_<_) _('< "AFLAC!" (_<_) 20 mg gave me bp problems (and I don't have this one) but a reduction to 10mg is OK and helps me out. I've used it for about two years now. Good luck! Vickie B. My son took Bextra for about 6 months for a knee injury and then surgery. It worked great for him with no side-effects. For myself, Vioxx seems to be the only nsaid I'm able to tolerate. Amazing how we're all so different. Hope Bextra works for you! ------------- Hoping your hills are never too steep! Be well, Patty > My doctor gave me a bunch of samples of BEXTRA for my OA--knees and hip due > primarily to too much weight. I have been using indomethacin but it only lasts > a few hours. Any experience with BEXTRA?? Thanks in advance. Bob. One thing you'll find is that no two people respond quite the same to anything, particularly medicine, so don't assume that anyone else's results will tell you how it will work for you. I take Bextra, sulfasalazine and Ultram, and together, the work very well for me at the present time. Unfortunately, after a few years I get used to whatever I'm on and my doc has to switch me to something else. Signature"One of the most striking differences between a cat and a lie is that a cat only has nine lives." Puddinhead Wilson's Calendar (Mark Twain) ----- mr(dot)bones(at)att(dot)net |
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