Generic Celebrex

Active Ingredient: Celecoxib
Typical Brand Name: Celebrex

Overview:
Celebrex is a once-daily prescription medicine that provides 24-hour relief of osteoarthritis joint pain. Celebrex also helps relieve acute pain in adults, as well as primary dysmenorrhea.

Direction:
It can be taken at any time of the day with or without food. It is available in 100-mg, 200-mg, and 400-mg capsules. For osteoarthritis; the recommended dosage is one 200-mg capsule every day or one 100-mg capsule twice a day. For adult rheumatoid arthritis, the recommended dosage is one 100-mg or one 200-mg capsule twice a day. For acute pain, the recommended dose is 400 mg initially, followed by an additional 200-mg dose on the first day if needed. For primary dysmenorrhea (painful menstrual cramping), the recommended dose is 400 mg initially, followed by an additional 200-mg dose on the first day if needed. On subsequent days, the recommended dosage is one 200-mg capsule twice a day, as needed.

Side Effects:
The most common side effects were indigestion, diarrhea, and abdominal pain. As with other NSAIDs, serious stomach problems, such as bleeding, can occur without warning.

Precautions:
Consult with your doctor if you have an unusual allergy to aspirin, other NSAIDS, foods, dyes, or preservatives, anemia, asthma, you are a cigarette smoker, diabetes, drink more than three alcoholic beverages a day, heart or circulation problems, high blood pressure, kidney disease, liver disease, nasal polyps, stomach or bleeding ulcers, taking blood thinners, pregnant or trying to become pregnant, or breast feeding.

Drug interactions:
Inform your doctor about all the medicines you use; including prednisone, other NSAIDS, alcohol, blood thinners, aspirin, cyclosporine, feverfew, garlic ginger, lithium, methotrexate, and water pills.