Horrible weekend

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Hello Kristy! Just thinking of you & hoping your pain has decreased. Good luck with your appt. next week! I hope you are infection FREE!

You are in my thoughts & prayers! Take it easy & Hang in there!

Barbara : )

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I have a good rheumy, so I don't want this to sound like I'm bashing her. I'm

set to start Enbrel this week (oo) just waiting for all the pieces to fall

into place. On my appointment on Friday I told my rheumy that I was taking

4800mg of Ibuprofen a day to get by but my stomach was starting to kill me. She

suggested I try Celebrex and started me at 200mg a day. By Saturday mid-day my

back and knee were screaming. Sunday wasn't much better. Percocet was a big

help, but I needed so much just to calm things down that I was incapable of

doing anything. Has anybody had much success with Celebrex? If so, how much do

you usually take? I made it to work today but have had to take Percocet. I

usually try to get by with tramadol during the day.

" owlhead326 " <owlhead326@...>

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I take 200mg of Celebrex once a day and have been for over a year. It is for

inflammation, not so much for pain except as the pain is caused by inflammation.

It works well for me as an anti-inflammatory. That being said, nothing I have

taken (MTX, Humira, naproxen, Celebrex, Tramadol) in the 3 years since my

diagnosis has completely stopped me from flaring occasionally. Some of us just

have to accept that the meds help a lot but do not totally make us normal. I

accept that I will sometimes have worse pain, but usually my pain is pretty

well-controlled. You may just be having a slight (or moderate) flare that has

nothing to do with your pain meds.

" S. Zorzi " <szorzi_1999@...>