Guest guest Posted December 20, 2004 Report Share Posted December 20, 2004 The FDA just issued a warning on naprosyn about three hours ago. The NIH was conducting a study with naprosyn and Celebrex and the effects with Alzheimer's patients. The study just got cancelled because of an increased risk of heart and cerebral problems. The FDA says that people should not exceed the recommended doses of naprosyn or take it longer for ten days. n has been taking it for five years, but she has developed chest pain this year that no one can explain. (n, 15, systemic) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 21, 2004 Report Share Posted December 21, 2004 Cinday - This is terrible. Every drug is just becoming more and more hazardous to our kids! What's next??? Alia and Caroline, age 2, poly and uveitis naprosyn The FDA just issued a warning on naprosyn about three hours ago. The NIH was conducting a study with naprosyn and Celebrex and the effects with Alzheimer's patients. The study just got cancelled because of an increased risk of heart and cerebral problems. The FDA says that people should not exceed the recommended doses of naprosyn or take it longer for ten days. n has been taking it for five years, but she has developed chest pain this year that no one can explain. (n, 15, systemic) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 21, 2004 Report Share Posted December 21, 2004 In a message dated 12/21/04 2:14:37 PM Central Daylight Time, Kelleka@... writes: > Krystal was taking naproxen and Celebrex, alternating the naproxen with > ibuprophen. You can alternate an NSAID with Tylenol but you should never take more then 1 NSAID or you run a major risk for severe side effects.Another thing is each NSAID is differant and each one takes a couple weeks to take full effect so if you keep switching you'll get some pain relief but not the anti inflamitory benefits. Becki and 6 systemic Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 21, 2004 Report Share Posted December 21, 2004 Krystal was taking naproxen and Celebrex, alternating the naproxen with ibuprophen. She too developed chest pains, but the cardio couldn't find anything. He labeled it as anxiety, even though she wasn't undergoing anything stress wise at the time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 21, 2004 Report Share Posted December 21, 2004 , My son has been on naproxen for the past 2.5 years. I read the naproxen news as well - it looks like this study was ongoing for 3 years and stopped after a number of people in the study had heart-related problems/strokes. I am not sure if there are any safer alternatives. What does your doctor say? We've left a message for our doctor, but no news yet. Raj (Ajay, 6, systemic) > > The FDA just issued a warning on naprosyn about three hours ago. > The NIH was conducting a study with naprosyn and Celebrex and the > effects with Alzheimer's patients. The study just got cancelled > because of an increased risk of heart and cerebral problems. The FDA > says that people should not exceed the recommended doses of naprosyn > or take it longer for ten days. n has been taking it for five > years, but she has developed chest pain this year that no one can > explain. (n, 15, systemic) > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 22, 2004 Report Share Posted December 22, 2004 Raj, Our doctor said that the study was done on older patients, pretty much what everyone else is saying. He said he had no problem changing n though. I told him that we had issues with naprosyn even before the study. n has been refusing to take it recently, for she said it does nothing. He said we could try something else if we wanted. (n, 15, systemic) Re: naprosyn > > > > , > My son has been on naproxen for the past 2.5 years. > I read the naproxen news as well - it looks like this study was > ongoing for 3 years and stopped after a number of people in the study > had heart-related problems/strokes. > I am not sure if there are any safer alternatives. What does your > doctor say? We've left a message for our doctor, but no news yet. > Raj (Ajay, 6, systemic) > > > > > The FDA just issued a warning on naprosyn about three hours ago. > > The NIH was conducting a study with naprosyn and Celebrex and the > > effects with Alzheimer's patients. The study just got cancelled > > because of an increased risk of heart and cerebral problems. The > FDA > > says that people should not exceed the recommended doses of > naprosyn > > or take it longer for ten days. n has been taking it for five > > years, but she has developed chest pain this year that no one can > > explain. (n, 15, systemic) > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 25, 2004 Report Share Posted December 25, 2004 Unfortunately she wasn't getting any of the anti inflammatory benefits--it has been strictly to attempt to lessen pain. This was done under dr's watch. All we've been able to do is attempt to deal with the pain, leaving it to the rhuemetologist to deal with the inflammation. I personally haven't seen where any of it is doing anything for the pain. She has bad and worse days, but nothing that can be termed good days, which is what she had prior to taking anything. This is why Monday can't come soon enough for us. Apparently there is a shortage of Rhuemetologists which is why there was several months wait to get in. Re: Re: naprosyn In a message dated 12/21/04 2:14:37 PM Central Daylight Time, Kelleka@... writes: > Krystal was taking naproxen and Celebrex, alternating the naproxen with > ibuprophen. You can alternate an NSAID with Tylenol but you should never take more then 1 NSAID or you run a major risk for severe side effects.Another thing is each NSAID is differant and each one takes a couple weeks to take full effect so if you keep switching you'll get some pain relief but not the anti inflamitory benefits. Becki and 6 systemic Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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