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02-02-2009, 07:59 PM
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Hi DShobbies. I am sorry you have found you still need meds celebrex I havent heard of it is it really so bad? I know it means you need it, if the pain is bad when you stop but I dont think you should beat yourself up about it.
I was on less meds before my operation than I am now!!! I have gone through the feeling of failure. I take them now to prevent the pain getting out of hand , not like before when I took them and the pain was always out of hand !!! I would amount of drugs I take daily , and I wonder in the long term what they will do to me, do you?? Marion
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02-03-2009, 12:26 AM
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Marion,
Long term effects of drugs are different for the various drugs. For Celebrex and other nsaids, it could be liver damage. I'm not opposed to taking any drug for the rest of my life but I am concerned about possible liver damage. I'm also very upset about possible side effects for osteoporosis drugs, which I should probably start taking soon. One side effect is that is can actually cause osteoporosis of the jaw  This has me pretty nervous.
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02-05-2009, 04:29 PM
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re meds/osteoporosis
Dale,
I cannot seem to find even a calcium supplement of any type I can stomach w/my methadone. Then to top it off I too was really concerned re the potential jaw necrosis effects of my osteoporosis med (Actonel) so I stopped it for over a year. Went from t-2.2 to t-2.6 this past year. I'm also not pleased with the cholesterol reducing drugs. Liver toxicity seems so possible. Currently I'm taking Methadone, Neurontin, Fioricet, Skelaxin and supposed to take Actonel and Zocor (the two I'm not taking as I should). I see my PCP next week and I know she will be only too happy to yet throw another script my way for whatever I mention.. What has medicine come to? I always ask about the drugs interacting and am reassured they won't. I always ask about potential probs caused by prescribed drugs and am told that the benefit outweighs the risk currently (esp. with osteoporosis and cholesterol meds). I'm ranting .. sorry. There is more I can say tho it all boils me being non compliant I suppose. Anyway, I do hear your concerns and share them re the biophosphates..
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02-05-2009, 05:54 PM
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I've been taking NSAIDS almost continuously for 7,8,9? years. I do liver function studies yearly.... knock on wood, no problems. Also, as I mentioned above... no stomache issues, but I think that may be changing. I probably need to leave regular Volateren. In Germany, they have a combo Voltaren with a stomache buffer. I have an appt. with new primary care next week... I'll see about changing things up.
Mark
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