Medications

[smc]

I know Vioxx was taken off the market recently. Celebrex has been under question too from what I hear.

Which of these types of NSAID's are still available?

[JeffreyD]

I take Indomethacin. It's a NSAID, but that's all I know. I have been told it's normally hard on the stomach........doesn't bother me, though.

Jeff

[Mariaa]

The drugs taken off the market are Cox inhibitors (Vioxx) and Celebrex and Bextra are under the gun too I believe.. Tho Nsaids (non steroidal antiinflammatory ) like Motrin, Naprosyn, and the like are still available.

[Poncho]

There are Cox 1 & Cox 2 inhibitors. The Cox 2 ones are definitely under fire - however, the Cox 1 - type, the last I checked were okay. I will need to look it up again. I was taking a Cox 1 called "Mobic". You only have to take it once a day. It was "marketed" as a Cox 2 because of the dosing frequency is once or twice a day. (I took it twice a day) but really it's a Cox 1 inhibitor. Mobic basically is like another anti-inflammatory called Feldene which takes me back a ways in my nursing career.

However, the downfall with both Mobic & Feldene is just like the rest: GI irritation..... AND they are EXPENSIVE (Mobic)!

[smc]

I know of Indomethacin, my father has been on that for years.

The reason I am asking is because a consulatnt has recommended my mother tries something stronger than ibuprofen while she is waiting for a knee replacement.

He talked of vioxx being taken off and celebrex being under fire but he mentioned another of these types he recommends and I think it begins with R. Anyway I am trying figure out what it is so I can read up on it.

[queenofhearts]

Relafen?

[wbaker68]

Naprosyn/naproxen(SP?)(a.k.a. alleve) was recently mentioned also as increasing risk of heart attacks. Just something to be aware of if you have any heart problems or have a family history of it.

[smc]

Did I say R, I meant A!!!!

My brain is elsewhere these days!

[lisa]

ketoprofen is also still availible.

I have GI issues with NSAIDs and I got ketaprofen in a transdermal creme from a compounding pharmacy so it didn't cause GI problems (It wasn't for my spine issues, so you have to check with a doctor or pharmacist if that would work for spine issues)

[smc]

It was one of the newish ones the consultant is recommending, one of the coxib ones, just don't know which.