What Anti-Inflammatory med are you on? | Arthritis Information

 

Ok... last post before I go to sleep. Need to "write" this down, other wise I will sit up thinking about it in hopes to make me remember it when I wake up. Which is a big fat chance of me remembering stuff now.

I take Relafen 1000mg 2x  daily. I'm not on anything right now but I have use naproxen and indocin. Neither worked.Punkie; What do you take to protect your stomach? My RD suggested a prescription NSAID this week too but I said no. I'll just take OTC IUB. I've gotten to where I take a lot of it though and maybe he's right. Maybe I do need to get one as well. I take DayPro.. once a day 1200 mg.  It seems to work well with every day dosing.  IF I miss a dose by an hour, I am feeling the pains.  So, same time, every day I take the DayPro.  I also take something to protect my stomach.  Over the counter, Prevacid.  The RD said that if I needed a script for something stronger he would RX one, but I am managing okay with the OTC med and my DayPro. I was taking Feldene aka Piroxicam, works great but I can't take any type now due to tummy probs.  Have tried everything, only takes one and I spend 3 hours in the toilet, breaking out in a sweat and terrible pain and usually diarrheoa, sorry if thats too much information, even happened after a suppository antiinflammatory, so Dr said no more!  Good luck Joonie, and well done for keeping on keepin on!!!!  Hugs Janie. When needed, my NSAID of choice is plain old naproxen, 1000mg/day.  If I have to take it for more than a  couple of weeks straight, I also take Prevacid 30mg/day.

I've tried many other NSAIDs, and naproxen works best for me,
I was on celebrex for years before I started having trouble with a bleeding bowel. So I stopped them straight away and havent had any anti-inflamatories since.I take Relafen 750mg 2x day.   Seems silly when you consider I'm on mtx and enbrel as well, bu it bothers me to take a high dose for a long period of time.  Just seems like it's going to mess up my stomach at some point. I'm on Relafen (Nabutome), 500 mg 2x day.  I also take Protonix for my GERD, but my doctor never said specifically that I should take something because of the NSAID's.  I've been on just about all the NSAID's, with the exception of Celebrex and Feldene.  I've been able to tolerate most (not Indocin) but some worked for me better than others.I take Relafen, 1000 mg 1xday, unless I'm having problems, then it's 1000 mg 2xday. I take celebrex im not on anything right now but ive taken, naproxen, indocin, relafen, tolmentin, celebrex, mobic, viox, im sure ive taken others but i cant remember right now. tolmentin worked for awhile and naproxen screwed up my stomach though so make sure you take prevacaid or somthing with itRelafen 1500mg daily. I've had decent results with ibuprofen and naproxen, and became yellow on celebrex--worked good otherwise.  Thanks for the replies everyone! Joonie,

I am on 15 mg a day of Mobic (Meloxicam) and I take Aciphex to protect my stomach.  It is working great.  Without it I can't even write, it is night and day for me, so I don't get why everyone isn't on one.  But I guess pred can do the same thing.  Not sure which would be better for stroke risk. 

I think everyone reacts differently to different ones, so you have to give them a chance (in terms of side effects).  Indocin/Indomethacin messed with my stomach so bad I was off it the 2nd day.  But I have taken Vioxx and Celebrex with no problem (several years ago) although eventually I had an ulcer (but I wasn't taking Aciphex or anything similar).

I am on Celebrex 200mg -- in fact, that is all I am on -- rd hasn't prescribed a DMARD yet.  I take it 1 - 2 x's a day;  plus Tylenol for backup, though I seldom take it.  Rd said it was OK to take Tylenol with the Celebrex, but never take any other NSAID along with the Celebrex.  The Celebrex doesn't work as quickly and it seems to have an accumlative effect too.  After about 2 days it seems to work pretty good when I take the 2 a day.  It's suppose to be easier on the digestive tract.

Forgot to mention-you made me remember in discussing the Celebrex (and this suprised me)--NSAIDs take up to 5 days to really kick in.

KatieG2008-04-19 17:08:24So far 10 grams a day of fish oil has worked for me, although it took about 3 months to kick in. Fish oil also thins the blood so it's great for those with high blood pressure problems.

The drawback is it's not a prescription med so my Fair Pharmacare and Extended Medical benefits don't subsidize it. The cost is all out-of-pocket.

The other drawback is that as I learn more about Vitamin D maybe taking large doses of a supplement that naturally contains a lot of vitamin D may be just adding fuel to the fire. I guess I really have to do more reading about this stuff.

It does work great on controlling inflammation, though.Because of side effects I don't take a NSAID and haven't for about 15 months.  I've been using Fish oil daily, Vitamin D, Magnesium, anti-inflammatory diet.  It's all worked for me so far.  LindyI don't take anything yet. I don't have good luck with anything otc either. If the Plaquinel doesn't kick in in a month or so, rd said she'd give me celebrex. We'll see...I'm hoping I don't need to go there.I take relafen 750mg 2x a day. I doesn't bother my stomach but I have noticed that I have some major farts for a couple of hours after. TMI LOL!  [QUOTE=lsell44]Joonie, [/QUOTE]

39. Which of the following prescription NSAID's (non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug) have you taken? % of  Respondents  Number of  Respondents  Daypro (Oxaprozin) 4.82% 8 Voltaren (Diclofenac 11.45% 19 Indocin (Indomethacin) 7.83% 13 Clinoril (Sulindac) 6.63% 11 Mobic (Meloxicam) 10.84% 18 Relafen (Nabumetone) 12.05% 20 Lodine (Etodalac) 5.42% 9 Celebrex (Celecoxib) 22.29% 37 I haven't taken any 7.23% 12 Other (Specify) 30.00% 24 Naproxen / Naprosyn / Aleve 12.5% 10 Ibuprofen / Advil / Motrin 6.25% 5 Salsalate 3.75% 3 Vioxx (Rofecoxib) 2.50% 2 Asprin 0.60% 1 Piroxicam (Feldene) 0.60% 1 Prexige (Lumiracoxib) 0.60% 1 Diflusinal (Dolobid) 0.60% 1 Number of respondents 80 Number or respondents who skipped this question 20

I took Naproxen for MANY years for my OA in my spine. My new RD did not want me to keep taking it because of stomach and liver damage it can cause. He just switched me to Piroxicam last month.
I think it's working ok now. He also added Plaquenil as well. I take Zantac, but originally for acid reflex.
_popupControl();RE: Stomach troubles... there is a special med that you can take which is a proton pump inhibitor which stops the part of your stomach which releases acid, so that the acid in your stomach caused by the NSAID doesn't eat away at your stomach. The one I was on was called Omeprazole.

Some people can't take NSAIDs, Katie G, they just don't work for them. I had success with NSAIDs early on, but now they do nothing for me, nothing for pain and nothing for inflammation, and they don't stop the disease, so there is kind of no point in taking them. It's great that they work so well for you - hopefully they will continue to work! My grandma has her RA managed by NSAIDs, and I'm quite jealous!

I've been on Prexige (COX-2 - withdrawn), Mobic, Naproxen, Voltaren, and now I'm sulfasalazine which is an anti inflammatory, dunno if it it NS>.
[QUOTE=Lovie]Punkie; What do you take to protect your stomach? My RD suggested a prescription NSAID this week too but I said no. I'll just take OTC IUB. I've gotten to where I take a lot of it though and maybe he's right. Maybe I do need to get one as well. [/QUOTE] joonie,i was taking motrin 800 for all most a year.I recently developed ulcer symptoms an was taken off them.Since I can not take opiates due to side effects. I talked to my pharmacy and she said they have come out with a naisd patch. It is called PLECTOR PATCH and they have a web site if you want to read more about it.www.plectorpatch.com.She said the people that have been on it love it.So come monday im calling my RD and seeing if he will prescribe them for me.Hope this helps anyone in pain...I cant seem to bring up the web site. let me do some more searching an I will get back with you..http://www.flectorpatch.com/hcp/flector.html

Thank you !!!! I thought I was crazy!! She gave me the wrong spelling.sorry everyone 3 Alieve during the last week and a half between infusions when the pain becomes too intense to function at work. Got changed from Mobic to Celebrex yesterday. I've taken celebrex before and didn't notice any improvement, I am not expectign anything great and wonderful to happen but hope it will.

[QUOTE=jennyb]joonie,i was taking motrin 800 for all most a year.I recently developed ulcer symptoms an was taken off them.Since I can not take opiates due to side effects. I talked to my pharmacy and she said they have come out with a naisd patch. It is called PLECTOR PATCH and they have a web site if you want to read more about it.www.plectorpatch.com.She said the people that have been on it love it.So come monday im calling my RD and seeing if he will prescribe them for me.Hope this helps anyone in pain...[/QUOTE]