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Celebrex
Description
 Anti inflammatory - also marketed as Celecoxib and promoted strongly for relief of rheumatic symptoms
Side effects

(Don't be unduly alarmed. All drugs cause side effects for some patients)

 Abdominal pain
Warnings

(These are standard cautions but may not be applicable to your case)

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Comments
Anti-inflammatory: I had been on many for my neck injury pre-RSD. Too numerous to mention. Most were helpful but all caused severe stomach problems for me. Celebrex does not-it was manufactured for this purpose. Trish Pennsylvania, USA

I have been taking Viox since Oct. 2000; this is an anti- inflammatory, which has not given me as much relief as they advertise. I only eat one meal a day and taking this med you have to eat or you get major stomach pain. I did. Some people may be different. The doctor increased the dose to 50 mg. but I didn't see any change so I asked to be changed to another drug named Celebrex. The doctor disagreed, saying that the if viox did not help Celebrex would not either. I have heard that many other RSD suffers find dramatic response to Celebrex. Amanda - USA

I started taking Celebrex 8 weeks ago for osteo-arthritis in my shoulders and neck, and although it has NOT touched the RSD pain at all, it has given a quite definite positive effect on the mobility of my neck and shoulders - which makes it easier to move without aggravating the RSD affected parts any more than they have to be.
I would say to anyone with osteo or rheumatoid arthritis alongside RSD - give it a try - I have had NO side effects at all from it. On another very positive note re Celebrex; my mother (age 69) started taking it because of arthritis in the knees that was bad enough to warrant being placed on a waiting list for knee replacements - her improvement is so good that she no longer needs the knee replacement operations. Catherine - Huddersfield, Yorkshire, UK

Link to Lancet page on Celebrex, or Celecoxib
http://content.health.msn.com/content/article/1728.83308
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