How effective is meloxicam after knee replacement sugery for pain abatement?
Question posted by hawkeyy on 23 Aug 2011
Last updated on 21 December 2012
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LaurieShay
23 Aug 2011
Hey hawkeyy,
It will help some as it is a non steroidal anti inflammatory for pain due to inflammation such as you get with arthritis. I suspect it will work about the same as ibuprofen for the pain. Not sure that it will work as well as opiate pain relievers after surgery.
Laurie
happy1964
21 Dec 2012
I had it for the first month -- and found it very helpful. Less swelling generally seems to mean less pain. My knees seem to have a tendency to form Baker's Cysts and this drug really reduced the pain in my non-operated knee (which was suffering too... )
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