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Possible food and drug interactions when taking this medication
If Celebrex is taken with certain other drugs, the effects of either could be increased, decreased, or altered. It is especially important to check with your doctor before combining Celebrex with the
following:
- ACE-inhibitors (a type of blood pressure and heart medication, including such drugs as Capoten, Vasotec, and Prinivil)
- Blood thinning agents such as Coumadin
- Fluco
nazole (Diflucan)
- Furosemide (Lasix)
- Lithium (Eskalith, Lithobid)
- Thiazide diuretics (water pills) such as hydrochlorothiazide and Dyazide
If you take low-dose aspirin t
o protect against heart attack, you can continue taking it with Celebrex.
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What is this Drug
Celebrex is a drug that helps relieve pain associated with osteoarthritis and adult rheumatoid arthritis. The reason that Celebrex has become so popular is because it is easier on the stomach than oth
er anti-arthritis medication. Celebrex is used to relieve the pain, tenderness, inflammation (swelling), and stiffness caused by arthritis. This medicine is a nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAI
D) known as a COX-2 inhibitor used to relieve the symptoms of osteoarthritis and rheumatoid arthritis in adults. Reporting on the 63rd Annual Meeting of the American College of Rheumatology in Decembe
r, thirdage.com reported that in analysis of 800 arthritis patients, more than one-third had stopped taking medications because they couldn't handle the stomach pains associated with the drugs.
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How to Use
Celecoxib comes as a capsule to take by mouth. It is usually taken once or twice a day. Follow the directions on your prescription label carefully, and ask your doctor or pharmacist to explain any par
t you do not understand. Take celecoxib exactly as directed. Do not take more or less of it or take it more often than prescribed by your doctor.
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Symptoms of overdose may include:
Bloody or black, tarry stools; continuing thirst; dizziness; drowsiness ; headache, severe or continuing; nausea and/or vomiting; shortness of breath; stomach pain; sudden decrease in the amou
nt of urine; swelling of face, fingers, and/or lower legs; tightness in chest and/or wheezing; troubled breathing; unusual tiredness or weakness; vomiting of blood or material that looks like cof
fee grounds; weight gain
- lack of energy
- drowsiness
- upset stomach
- vomiting
- stomach pain
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What side effects may occur?
Along with its needed effects, a medicine may cause some unwanted effects. Although not all of these side effects may occur, if they do occur they may need medical attention.
Check with your
doctor as soon as possible if any of the following side effects occur:
- Bloody or black tarry stools; burning feeling in chest or stomach; chills; congestion in chest; cough; diarrhea; fati
gue; fever; loss of appetite; muscle aches and pains; nausea; shortness of breath; stomach pain (severe); tenderness in stomach area; unusual weight gain; vomiting of blood or material that l
ooks like coffee grounds; weakness
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