Re: Asprin Tylenol and now Aleve

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Anything that is considered an NSAID ( non steroidal anti inflammatory drug is a no no- ask the pharmamcist if you are in doubt. Tylenol is usually okay ( evidently not in you)and sometimes one can get away with disalsid which is a non acetylated "aspirin" so to speak .(It is a prescription.) Otherwise pain meds would be things like codiene alone. darvon alone etc.NArcotics with no aspirin attached.hbk207 <hbk207@...> wrote:

I have had the allergic reactions to Apsping and Tylenol, I thought I could get away with Aleve. I almost checked myself in to the emergency room from the Aleve. Sinsus let go........and my lungs closed up to a shallow weez......... has anyone else had problems with Aleve. What can one take for a pain relieve if anything.

[Guest guest]

I also have probs with Advil, Aspirin and Alleve. I have had success with Bextra

and Celebrex both prescriptions. They are good for both pain and inflammation.

Marcus

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I would not take disalcid. It is a an NSAID.

http://www.dukehealth.org/HealthLibrary/DrugsAndHerbs/Drugs/Salicylate

scd

drugs.com is a great website that has info about medications that you

can check before you take something

http://www.drugs.com/aleve.html

I have had a very hard time getting anything I could take that didn't

have aspirin or an NSAID attached, even prescription stuff. I have

ended up sometimes using Ativan/lorazepam, actually, which is

generally an anxiety medicatoin, for pain such as pain I get from my

menstrual period. A doctor will probably not prescribe it for this

but I get it for anxiety and use is very rarely so it's here if I

have acute pain.

I thikn Darvon, as Ross suggested, is what I got last time I had

surgery. Also Dilaudid I think was prescribed to me once. But

double check everything before you take it.

I can't take Aleve, Motrin or any of the NSAIDS. I can't take

Tylenol either. If you are allergic to Tylenola as well as aspirin I

am sure you can't take any NSAIDs.

Good luck

Lori

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Marcus,

There are a few people that MAY have a cross-reactivity to the COX-2

inhibitors, although the research is controversial. So people should

only try these under the supervision of a doctor if they are allergic

to aspirin. I actually still haven't been able to get any of my

doctors to prescribe them because of my aspirin allergy. On the

label on these I believe it still says that they should not be given

to people allergic to aspirin. That's because they weren't tested in

people who are allergic to aspirin when they got their original FDA

labeling because they were afraid of a cross-reactivity, since they

are also NSAIDs.

But they did some research, particularly at Scripps in California,

where they found that almost no one cross-reacted. It's strange

because someone on this list told me that Scripps told them NO ONE

reacted, but when I called to get them to tell my doctor this, they

said they couldn't say I could take it, because SOME people did

react. I should look up their published reports again and see what

it says exactly.

It's great that you can take them. Do they work well for pain? Did

your doctor have a problem with the aspirin allergy in prescribing

them? Thanks

Lori

> Hi ine

> I have had success with both Bextra and Celebrex. They are

prescriptions but work well for both pain and inflammation.

> Marcus