I loved the Vioxx, it killed me when they took it off the market, literally! Nothing has been able to help me since. I can't take muscle relaxers or pain pills during the day at work so tough it out and relax at night with the meds. And some bourbon. A buddy is taking humira and he swears by it. Every once in a while he takes some prednisone to cure a flare. Can't wait until the 22nd for my visit to the ruemetologist, month off.
Yep, I think Vioxx and Bextra were some of the most effective NSAIDS on joint pain. Too bad their cardiac side effects got them canned.
An earlier poster mentioned an intolerance to Celebrex. That molecule has some similarity to sulfa antiobiotics and those with sulfa allergies sure don't want to take Celebrex. You can do a word search for Stevens Johnson Synd. Not that common, but can be really bad.
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