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Medical Forum / Diseases and Disorders / Arthritis / December 2004Stopped Bextra!
Hello everyone, After taking Vioxx for three years, and Celebrex for one, the other *wonder drug* Bextra for two years, I stopped 3 weeks ago, and try all the over the counter you can think of. My Physician put me on Etodolac, generic name I guess, can anyone has some feedback on it. Thank you. Kiki. > Hello everyone, > [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > > Kiki. I am sure you and your doc will find something that works almost as well but take it with food. What kind of arthritis do you have? Harv Thank you Harv, I have osteoarthritis, the Etodolac seems to help, I am only taking 500 mg per Day and was prescribed two. What other drugs are similar? Kiki. > Thank you Harv, I have osteoarthritis, the Etodolac seems to help, I am > only taking 500 mg per Day and was prescribed two. > What other drugs are similar? > > Kiki. I answer that this way.... The one your RD tells you to take. NSAIDs can be dangerous and as we have been reading,,,, about more than we know. The only reason for Vioxx, Celebrex, Bextra is that all the others are so bad about eating holes in a persons stomach. Naprosyn works the best for me and your RD can give you a 500mg prescription for it but is very hard on a persons stomach,,,, just not mine. Before I saw my first RD, I took up to 3 of those 500s to be able to continue to work and I did that for 6 or so years. There are serious numbers of people that have blood in their stool from NSAIDS, asprin, naprosyn,,,, ect.ect. and die even. That is the reason for these really expensive NSAIDs but now if find out that even they are killing people with heart attacks,,,ect.ect. I do not have a good answer for you. Your only hope is that your doctor does. Harv I agree with you totally, I just have the feeling that my physician gets feed up with me, and my habit of asking a lot of questions. I know your answer to that.....time to find another one... Thank you. Kiki. > I agree with you totally, I just have the feeling that my physician gets > feed up with me, and my habit of asking a lot of questions. > I know your answer to that.....time to find another one... > Thank you. > > Kiki. Not my answer,,,, Doctors have good day and bad days just like everyone. As long as you get answers that you feel are to help your situation, stay with your doctor and keep trying to communicate because this time you may ask the question in a way where your doctor gets a better idea of the problem or need. Harv Ps I have found that if I make a list and just hand it to the doctor when he walks in,,,,, works. |
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