: Bextra

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: When you said that you had just started taking Bextra, just out of curiosity, I looked it up on Google, and on about the fourth entry down, titled "FDA, Pharmacia update BEXTRA label with new warnings," it states that since being introduced on the market, some serious side effects to Bextra have been reported, including s syndrome, and that anyone with an allergy to sulfa drugs should not take Bextra. In the first entry of the Google search, titled "Bextra side effects law," the article noted that some reactions to Bextra can involve "various areas of the body," such as skin (your flushed face?) and cardiovascular (your fast heart rate?), and s syndrome, under which heading they included the symptoms of blistering, fever, and malaise (just feeling altogether crappy, which covers a lot of territory!). The FDA article does state that most anaphylactic (allergic) reactions occur within minutes to two to four hours after taking the drug, so this might not fit what you are experiencing, and your doctor is already watching the Bextra for effects on your liver, but I thought it wouldn't hurt to be aware of some of the later information on some of the possible side effects (though rare) of Bextra.

I hope you feel better and get some answers soon.

With love,

Noreen for Leah (My Mito Angel)

LILQT4U1984@... wrote:> > Hi,> > > > I need some help from all you experts. I have been running a fever > > for over a week now and my muscle pain has much more severe. We have > > been calling the doc's office and doing everything they suggest but > > nothing was helping. My mom took me in yesterday afternoon and I saw > > the nurse practitoner. She was very good and took everything down and > > said she would go and talk to my doc. I was running a fever while I was > > there and my face was the color of ketchup when normally I am stark > > white pale. The NP kept saying how sick I looked and that my pulse was > > fast and that told her I was in alot of pain. Well she talked to the > > doc. and he wanted labs done on me asap. I went straight to the lab and > > they were to call this morning. Some other nurse called and said that > > all my labs were within normal range and that we were to just treat the > > symptoms. We don't know how! Something is wrong and they have just > > sorta dropped me again because nothing showed up in the labs. I have > > just started taking Bextra for the corotid artery prob. that is causing > > the sparking ear pain. I would think that should be helping or least > > keep the temp down. My doc. is wanting to keep a close watch on my > > liver as Bextra can cause liver probs. >