Celecoxib for Pain User Reviews (Page 5)
Brand names: Celebrex, Elyxyb
Celecoxib has an average rating of 6.7 out of 10 from a total of 111 reviews for the treatment of Pain. 59% of reviewers reported a positive experience, while 25% reported a negative experience.
Reviews for Celecoxib
- Anonymous
- August 10, 2016
Celebrex (celecoxib) "On Celebrex for one month now, still waiting on it to work. NO pain relief and no side effects."
- Mrs_od
- Taken for less than 1 month
- June 15, 2018
Celebrex (celecoxib) "Had total knee replaced and this was prescribed for me. It brought swelling down"
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- Anonymous
- June 4, 2011
Celebrex (celecoxib) "On 400 mg a day and it works great in regards to my synovitis pain in all my joints that my lupus causes. No side effects after taking it for two months. I prefer taking this over prednisone any day."
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- Taken for 1 to 6 months
- January 30, 2017
Celebrex (celecoxib) "Celebrex did nothing at all to alleviate the knee pain my doctor prescribed it for."
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- Mel
- Taken for less than 1 month
- March 9, 2021
Celebrex (celecoxib) "Pain relief was minimal and gave me super bad heartburn."
- Dot
- August 31, 2020
Celebrex (celecoxib) "Hey I've have been taking celebrex on and off for years. I have arthritis in my knees,fingers they have helped my pain a lot"
- Anonymous
- March 25, 2011
Celebrex (celecoxib) "I have a 50% compression fracture of my L1 and Celebrex is the only thing that will alleviate the pain. Unfortunately it upsets my stomach."
- DARL
- June 26, 2008
Celebrex (celecoxib) "I have pain in my legs and when I take the medicine it help enormously. I have had this problem until I started doing kickboxing."
- 070597
- Taken for less than 1 month
- December 2, 2016
Celebrex (celecoxib) "While it helped some, I experienced abdominal pain which was significant and heavy not normal bleeding. The moment I stopped taking it the symptoms stopped"
- freyb...
- April 6, 2010
Celebrex (celecoxib) "Used to treat chronic pain (idiopathic origin, but could be fibromyalgia/chronic fatigue). Ease of use was fine, only side effects were stomach upset. "
- Anonymous
- Taken for 2 to 5 years
- September 23, 2012
Celebrex (celecoxib) "Didn't do much for me."
- Piddler
- Taken for less than 1 month
- December 12, 2020
Celebrex (celecoxib) "Celebrex has not relieved my back pain at all or any of my body pain. Now I have a whole months worth of pills that don’t to anything for me."
- Anonymous
- October 5, 2009
Celebrex (celecoxib) "I have been taking this medicine for just over a week now for lower back pain due to a bulging disc and I found no relief."
- Anonymous
- October 18, 2021
Celebrex (celecoxib) "The medication makes me sleep. I can’t stay awake. Plus, I feel so hungry. Doesn’t help with my pain enough to deal with the side effects"
- wolflew
- December 8, 2009
Celebrex (celecoxib) "Based on 200 mg 1 per day; only thing I got was heart burn, no pain relief. Tried to take everyother day, didn't make any difference still got horrible heart burn. Switched to Mobic."
- Anonymous
- February 1, 2018
Celebrex (celecoxib) "Here in Portugal we pay for generic of the celebrex about 2 € a box with 30 pills. It is the same as the original."
- Celeb...
- Taken for 6 months to 1 year
- January 26, 2022
Celebrex (celecoxib) "Helps arthritis pain inflammation but caused side effects fluttering of heart"
- Kate
- Taken for less than 1 month
- January 8, 2023
Celebrex (celecoxib) "It worked great for a week and the pain returned. Tried switching up the time of day I took it but still didn’t work."
- ciara...
- Taken for less than 1 month
- December 10, 2022
Celebrex (celecoxib) "Worked well for low back and knee pain, took it from a 9 to a 5. Was unfortunately horrible on my sleep. It gave me vivid night terrors and couldn't shake the anxiety from them all day."
- Debrose
- February 18, 2021
Celebrex (celecoxib) "Celebrex seems to work better for me than humira for my RA pain and osteoarthritis."
- Krist...
- Taken for 1 to 2 years
- April 26, 2022
Celebrex (celecoxib) "Everyone says it's a miracle but for me I feel nothing been taking it for a year and I give up. I do take generic form as the brand name is $400.00..... I really wish I had a option that worked"
- Anonymous
- September 10, 2010
"I have been taking Celebrex from August 4. Nothing has happened for me yet. Today is September 10 2010. Maybe it works for some and doesn't work for some. "
- Anonymous
- Taken for less than 1 month
- March 16, 2023
"Decent level of pain relief. I suffer from back and knee pain on a regular basis. Paracetamol is faster-acting than this drug, however not as long lasting or effective."
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Celebrex (celecoxib) "I take 200mg capsules. twice daily to help with chronic pain. And out of all the NSAIDS it is easier on your stomach especially if you are taking it long term. I highly recommend celebrex"