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Medical Forum / Diseases and Disorders / Lupus / December 2004Alleve or Naproxen
Is now in the news as being another drug on the hit list over possible heart problems. Hopefully we will hear more about this. Geez, the one thing I could take!! I'll stick to my aspirin it has, I believe, over a 100 + year track record. As long as my tummy can tolerate it I'll take it. Bev I went to rheumy just yesterday. She said "are you on celebrex yet? NO I quit it 2 months ago. Good. So now with all the other stuff, I wonder too which is what. I certainly wish I could take aspirin like you do. Lucky Bev. I also wonder when the motrin issue will come up. They are checking that out now too. YOU watch. All NSAID's will end up " bad:" for the heart. It is probably going to boil down to, either the anti inflammatories to help us get around, or to not take nothing to prevent heart trouble. But you guys all know how many of us use cortisone in any form or make. THAT drug has side effects big time and most of us are on it for long periods, well some of us. OUR blood vessels are very much effected with the use of that drug which in turn is HARD on the heart in the long run. Arteriosclerosis, and athrosclerosis. So we are damned if we do and damned if we don't. Guess who is going back on trying imuran. pray is will be ok. hugs to all and to all a good morning janers What the heck are we supposed to take? I;ve taken Vioxx, Celebrex and Naprosyn over the years. All I can think of now is Prednisone and I've been trying to get off that. I'm down to 7mg/day now (I was taking 60 a year ago). The arthritis pain is back with such a vengence that I'm actually thinking of upping the Prednisone again. I'd give anything to get some of this weight off. I was 185 pounds (my normal weight) when they put me on Pred. 1 1/2 years ago after my lung biopsy. I'm almost 260 today and I can't stand it. I'm not used to having a weight problem. I'd buy new clothes but the weight is mostly in my gut (a little in the face). I can't find anything that feels right to wear. Do you get a size 46 waist pants then hold em up with ropes or do you get 40's and have em fit under the "overhang." Beats me. I wesar these damn $6.00 sweat pants I bought at Target 2 years ago. I wore one pair through and the other 2....well, I can't hardly go out in public they're so ratty. I have a huge wordrobe if I could just get down to a 35 or 36 inch waist again. I keep waiting for the weight to fall now that the Pred is down but I was told this week that I was gonna have to lose the weight the same way as everbody else....diet and exercise. How the hell am I gonna do that when I can hardly walk out to the mailbox without my oxygon tank? Taking a shower is all the exercise I can handle. I'm discouraged. Michael > Is now in the news as being another drug on the hit list over possible heart > problems. Hopefully we will hear more about this. Geez, the one thing I > could take!! I'll stick to my aspirin it has, I believe, over a 100 + year > track record. As long as my tummy can tolerate it I'll take it. > Bev > What the heck are we supposed to take? I;ve taken Vioxx, Celebrex and > Naprosyn over the years. All I can think of now is Prednisone and I've been [quoted text clipped - 31 lines] > > track record. As long as my tummy can tolerate it I'll take it. > > Bev > What the heck are we supposed to take? I;ve taken Vioxx, Celebrex and > Naprosyn over the years. All I can think of now is Prednisone and I've been [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > > I'm discouraged. I understand. You're in a jam. I'm very sorry, Michael. As to the question, this is the latest re Naproxen etc http://msnbc.msn.com/id/6742963/ Hugs J PS Sorry for my other post. I pushed the wrong button and "sent before" I typed anything. Micheal and All, Its great you have got down to 7 mg prednisolone. Many of us have struggled with reducing prednisolone. Docs say that at that dose side effects are not significant at doses lower than 7. I don't think this is true but it is reassuring nonetheless for those with an optimistic bent! As a veteran prednisolone reducer (been reducing slowly for about 10 years now) I can say the pains can be quite severe when you reduce any. I have pain even when I reduce half a milligramme. However if you can stick with it the pain should lessen, over maybe a month or so. And also watch out at 7 mg, it is said that this is the amount our bodies produce naturally so any reduction below 7 has to be very slow, gradual and carefully managed. I am now down to 2.5 mg alternate days, but as I said it has taken me about 10 years ) (original dose was a lot higher, was it 15 or something, I can't remember. Took very high doses in early teens, early 1980's) And as for the weight, it will take a few weeks or maybe months, but if you watch what you eat you should notice it going. And obviously if you are on an oxygen tank you can't do the sort of exercise that most people can. Could you discuss it with the person who told you to exercise? Maybe they have not considered your situation properly? Even walking and housework are exercise. Let us know how you get on! >> What the heck are we supposed to take? I;ve taken Vioxx, Celebrex and >> Naprosyn over the years. All I can think of now is Prednisone and I've been [quoted text clipped - 20 lines] > typed > anything. A wee bit of an analgesic? Always, ..? ???)) -:?:- ?.?? .????)) ((??.?? ..?? cloud -:?:- -:?:- ((??.??* > What the heck are we supposed to take? <snipped for brevity> Folks, try and t ake a deep breath before starting/stopping any OTC pain medication. Call your doctor to get specific advice on what to take or not take. Soemtimes these studies are based on someone taking 3 or 4 times the "regular dosage" of a pill. For those who are or have lost some patience, take a 2nd deep breath and don't forget that today can be the frist step in having better health. My husband and I both have Rx's for Naproxen which is probably almost 3x's what is available OTC and each Rx says to take 2 every so many hours. So one dose of Rx is already a full days worth of OTC. Now take that for months and months and we are talking about long term effects. Rare do I take it because it counters aspirin and I'd rather take aspirin. But my husband pops two pills every night before going to bed to help with some arthritis problems. Bev > Folks, try and t ake a deep breath before starting/stopping any OTC pain > medication. [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > For those who are or have lost some patience, take a 2nd deep breath and don't > forget that today can be the frist step in having better health. I do not like nsaids for as my doc says and I am living proof, they pool fluids in the extremities. But all that jazz about drugs and their negative side-effects is all news sensationalism. We no long have news that is good news if you have not noticed. And whatever you read, do not believe everything!! Whatever happened to unbiased journalism. They do not even have good grammar these days! Always, ..? ???)) -:?:- ?.?? .????)) ((??.?? ..?? cloud -:?:- -:?:- ((??.??* > Is now in the news as being another drug on the hit list over possible > heart > problems. Hopefully we will hear more about this. Geez, the one thing I > could take!! I'll stick to my aspirin it has, I believe, over a 100 + year > track record. As long as my tummy can tolerate it I'll take it. > Bev |
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