Posted on 12/29/2004 12:38:09 PM PST by neverdem
Aleve works well, but be on alert for bleeding ulcers. I can't take it for that reason.
Placebo Group: .75 cardiovascular adverse events per 100 patient years
NSAID Group: 1.49 cardiovascular adverse events per 100 patient years
No matter how you cut it, those incidence rates are both extremely low. I think it's offensive that media-induced hysteria will result in many patients living in terrible pain for years because they cannot or will not take this medication.
Don't confuse self-flagellation, in which there is no virtue, with remaining faithful in the midst of suffering. If relief is readily available, it is hardly virtuous to forego it just so you can suffer.
Do you live with rheumatoid arthritis? I know people who do, and without the medication they'd live in crippling pain that would have them wheelchair-bound in a matter of a few years. These meds allow them to live relatively productive lives (not pain-free, but productive).
Where I come from, choosing crippling pain and joint problems when a remedy is readily-available isn't virtuous, but rather incredibly stupid.
He's damned hard to get along with when he is hurting.
Don't buy the meds the drugs companies push on us. Look for alternatives. You get old and the body does not work the way it once did, thats just the way things are. That being said, if I were older and had chronic pain I don't think I'd stop the Vioxx or whatever, just moderate it.
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Anyone taking aspirin to protect against coronary artery (heart) disease as well as any non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug(NSAID), including Celebrex or Bextra, for any reason, should take the aspirin, preferably with food, at least one hour before that other drug.
I have arthritic spurs in my hip. I know what pain is.
I use a magnetic wrap on my hip at night and am able to deal with my pain with only aspirin and/or ibueprofen. I also lost 60 pounds.
There are alternatives.
"No matter how you cut it, those incidence rates are both extremely low. I think it's offensive that media-induced hysteria will result in many patients living in terrible pain for years because they cannot or will not take this medication."
YEP!
Why bother thinking.
New Thinkabrexx is coming on the market!
in it's generic form, it's call cogitatix.
Unfortunately, some pain cannot be stunted by 2 advil and a glass of wine.
BINGO! The same with calcium channel blockers (BP meds such as Cardizem, Norvasc, Verapamil, etc.). There was a recent study which showed a higher risk of heart death in women taking these meds. Calcium channel blockers were targeted several years ago regarding some side effect (can't remember exactly), but this was put to rest, up until now.
Out of curiousity, has your arthritis disabled you? If so, why do you choose not to take medication that could help you lead a more productive life?
As someone close to a person with RA, I find nothing virtuous in seeing that person in horrible pain, in a wheelchair, because they refused to take medication.
What the heck......WHY IS THE ALEVE NEWS BEING SUPPRESSED????
I have heard ***nothing*** about this on the news until this.
Not that I can take it....I am allergic to Aleve and its sister (unfortunately) aspirin. But, this is getting ridiculous.
I've always wondered about people who would rather suffer and complain, then do something about it, balancing risk vs. benefit.
They must be getting something out of the pain, a psych. or emotional rebate) that a rational person wouldn't be interested in.
Do I want to live to be 90 but in pain? I think not.
Perfect.
The people who work at the FDA need to be shot.
They take 20 years to approve drugs and then miss this crap, which would seem to me to be a pretty serious side effect.
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