It'll be interesting to see what kind of advice you get for this... I'll see if my pharmacist and PM resources here will come and post.
I still take anti-inflammatories, now more than 5 years since my surgery. I still have a small numb spot on my foot and it is somewhat hypersensitive. There is nothing that I won't do with these annoying symptoms. I'm good enought that I can forget to take the a-i's for a few days, but when I do, the discomfort creeps up significantly.
I took diclofenac (voltaren) both before and after my surgery. Celebrex was OK, but not better than voltaren, so why spend the money... especially since I did not seem to have any GI problems. Bextra was the best, but they killed it with the vioxx and other med scares. I'm now taking Mobic... seems to be OK.
Also, I notice that when I stop the a-i's, my knees hurt more.
OK... I'll see who will come and and discuss the issues associated with long term NSAID use.
Mark
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