Treating Body Pains with Celebrex | HealthInfi

Celebrex is a non steroidal drug. It is anti-inflammatory. It is used to commonly treat various kinds of pains. The drug acts in the body by reducing all the hormones which causes the feeling of pain. The conditions in which Celebrex use is most preferred are:

• arthritis
• rheumatoid arthritis in adults and also in children who are aged 2 years or more
• menstrual cramps in women
• spondylitis pain
• polyps or cysts which are hereditary

Besides, there are other conditions also where the uses are administered. Celebrex generic is available in the name of Celecoxib.

Side effects of the drug

Celebrex is not fit for patients who have a history of heart problems, heart attack etc. If it is taken for long then it may increase chances of heart attack and strokes in patients. Other fatal side effects are intestinal bleeding or bleeding inside stomach. Aged people are more susceptible to such sudden effects. One should not be taking the medicine while or after a heart surgery, bypass surgery etc.

Patients with allergy to sulfa drugs, history of asthma in family or self should not use the medicine. In case you have had problems in liver, kidney, heart, fluid retention, asthma blood clot, stroke etc, you must discuss it in details with the doctor before starting Celebrex.

It may pass to the breast milk, and hence breast feeding while on Celebrex medication is not recommended. Even it’s not suggested in the last trimester of pregnancy for causing birth defects or damage to the unborn.

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