Celebrex. You are breaking my heart

[fett]

Turns out that a new study has determined that Celebrex could increase by 85% the risk of a heart attack by anyone who has heart desease or the "Risk " WTF. I just heard this on CNBC so it hasn't hit Google yet.

[SouthernXer]

I am in the pharma industry and we have been telling physicians this since 2001. Along with Vioxx and Bextra...... They are all the same drug. If you have a history of cardiovascular heart disease this is not a drug to take everyday for your arthritis. Take it and get off of it.

[fett]

It's a Cox 2 just like the other ones. It's $2 billion a year for Pfiser. It's also why I don't take pills for pain or anything. What got me about the report is the emphasis on the finding that a person "at risk" of heart desease should beware. Isn't that just about all of us?

[VoiceX3]

I had been on both drugs (at separate times) for my arthritis (psoriatic) and stopped using each one as soon as the initial reports came out. Now I'm on Enbrel injections which works really well, but I am waiting for some sort of recall on that too since it works so well. The pharmacutical industry sucks monkey nuts!

[SouthernXer]

I had been on both drugs (at separate times) for my arthritis (psoriatic) and stopped using each one as soon as the initial reports came out. Now I'm on Enbrel injections which works really well, but I am waiting for some sort of recall on that too since it works so well. The pharmacutical industry sucks monkey nuts!

Enbrel is a great drug. Of course, there are side effects with everything. Humira and Remicade are other drugs in that same class.

[Newc]

I had been on both drugs (at separate times) for my arthritis (psoriatic) and stopped using each one as soon as the initial reports came out. Now I'm on Enbrel injections which works really well, but I am waiting for some sort of recall on that too since it works so well. The pharmacutical industry sucks monkey nuts!

Well, you do realize that all these drugs that the docs and pharms are getting rich off of are derived from natural substances? Go with the all-natural stuff that isn't addictive and doesn't have side-effects, and doesn't cost a fortune.

[442w30]

Uh uh, they improve them simply cause they care.
Jeez Newc, you some kinda conspiracy nut?

[dd3keegs]

Well, you do realize that all these drugs that the docs and pharms are getting rich off of are derived from natural substances? Go with the all-natural stuff that isn't addictive and doesn't have side-effects, and doesn't cost a fortune.

Hey NEWC...I'm a Pharmacist and that all natural

stuff can be pretty dangerous too. Side effects do

occur with natural homeopathic meds. And their is a

Disclaimer on the bottle or box of the natural remedy

(in small print) that says "This product has not been

proven by the FDA to treat, cure or diagnose any

medical condition..." The fact is Drug Companies

spend about $500,000 to bring a drug to market. If

they are lucky, they get 5-7 to pass all required

clinical trial and New Drug Approval, annually. And

of those approved... they a very lucky to get 1-2 of

them to sell like Prozac or Zithromax. Then they can

make a few Billion Dollars in the first year. And more

money until the patent gives up and a generic is

approved. So it is in the Drug Manufacturers best

interest to NOT rush a drug to market if possible ill

effects to the general public are associated with it.

If you are starting a new drug, check it out. Alot

of my patients do their own research on the meds

they take. I suggest they call their Pharmacist or

Physician(Although we can crazy busy at times, we'll

try and answer your concerns...that's another

subject) And I encourage patients to get a

Physicians Desk Reference P.D.R.(Physician's and

Nurse's drug Bible) or a Drugs Facts and

Comparisons(Pharmacist's drug Bible).

Lastly, Celebrex should have died years ago

when Vioxx(same drug family) was proven to

dangerous for public consumption. I can only think

of 1 or 2 patients who still take Celebrex. And you

know the MD has made sure the patient isn't in a

high risk category for side effects.

[PittJitsu]

I am a long term Celebrex User. I have been told for years by my doc, who also takes C-2 inhibitors that along with heart issues, to be sure you understand that its taxing on your kidneys as well. 2 200mg a day is what I take max now. Some docs feel that handing out good old pain meds is safer then these Meds. I unfortunately need to take both, but Be aware that your not getting something for nothing. The relief you feel is coming at a price. If you don't have chronic pain from joints or serious rheumatoid arthritis, pass on the meds! Condroitin D works almost as well, yet takes months to "load" into your body

[delt]

I am in the pharma industry and we have been telling physicians this since 2001. Along with Vioxx and Bextra......

What about prozac? I've been taking this antidepressant for about 2 or 3 years now, and it works relatively good. Before that they tried all kinds of antidepressants (celexa, remeron, zoloft, paxil, ....) and most of them had rather disastrous/suicidal results. I'm lucky to still be alive.

I still suffer from severe case of mental exhaustion. If i try to find a job, typically i'll work very good for a few days, a week maximum, then i just burn out and become easily irritated, can't concentrate, need excessive amounts of sleep, etcetc. and my frontal lobes feel like 2 cooking eggs.

[MBreinin]

I was in the Vioxx trenches for nearly 2 years. What I saw and had access to was almost as shocking as what I saw when I was in the Big Tobacco trenches.

Mike