Ultimate RX
Celebrex
CELEBREX ® is a prescription medicine designed to relieve the pain,
inflammation, and stiffness of Arthritis; both osteoarthritis (OA) and adult
rheumatoid arthritis (RA). By reducing pain, inflammation, and stiffness,
CELEBREX ® can help people do everyday functions such as walking and bending.
| Celebrex (60 pills) | 100 mg |
| Celebrex (90 pills) | 100 mg |
| Celebrex (120 pills) | 100 mg |
Your Online Consultation form will be sent to a qualified and licensed medical doctor. The doctor will review your medical history/personal profile and decide if Celebrex ® is the appropriate treatment for your problem.
If appropriate the doctor will write a prescription which will be sent to a qualified pharmacy. The pharmacy will then fill and ship the medication to you.
| What type of medication is Celebrex? | Celebrex is a non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID). | ||||||||||
| What are NSAIDs used for? | They are used to reduce pain and inflammation. | ||||||||||
| How do they do this? | NSAIDs reduce the production of prostaglandins that cause pain and inflammation in our bodies. | ||||||||||
| What are the side effects of NSAIDs? | They tend to cause unpleasant side effects of the gastrointestinal tract. | ||||||||||
| How severe are the side effects of anti-inflammatory medications? | This varies. Some people have only minimal stomach and intestinal problems while others have considerable side effects such as bleeding ulcers. Many people have trouble taking NSAIDs due to side effects. | ||||||||||
| Why do NSAIDs cause stomach irritations? | NSAIDs reduce the chemical that causes pain and inflammation but they also reduce a chemical that protects the lining of the stomach. When this protection is removed, the stomach is more easily irritated. | ||||||||||
| What are these two chemicals? | The chemical that protects the lining of the stomach is cyclooxygenase-1 (COX-1). The chemical that causes pain and inflammation is cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2). | ||||||||||
| What makes Celebrex different from other NSAIDs? | Celebrex is the ideal NSAIDs. It is a much more specific type of anti-inflammatory drug. Celebrex works by reducing the enzyme (COX-2) that causes pain and inflammation but does not reduce the enzyme (COX-1) that protects and maintains the stomach lining. Thus, Celebrex is called a specific COX-2 inhibitor. | ||||||||||
| Why is Celebrex much better than all the other NSAIDs? | Celebrex is very specific COX-2 inhibitor and as such causes, at most, only very minor gastrointestinal (GI) side effects – a much lower incidence of side effects compared to other NSAIDs. | ||||||||||
| What is Celebrex specifically used for? | Celebrex is used to treat osteoarthritis and rheumatoid arthritis. It reduces pain, tenderness, stiffness and swelling in affected joints. It improves the functional use of affected joints and extremities. It also has antipyretic effects (reduces fever). | ||||||||||
| How many other specific COX-2 inhibitors are there? | None. Celebrex is the first and only COX-2 inhibitor. | ||||||||||
| What are the side effects of Celebrex? How serious are they? | In studies done so far, the side effects in patients taking Celebrex occurred in the same frequency as in patients taking a placebo. | ||||||||||
| Are there any persons who should definitely not take Celebrex? | Yes. The following group should not take
Celebrex:
|
