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Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR) | Last Active: Jan 27 8:38am | Replies (1879)
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@vjs

Anyone taking celebrex along with prednisone? My dr is beginning to taper pred and has added celebrex for pain. I’m wondering if the pred should be increased as opposed to tapering. I’ll only have been on 15 mg for 30 days, then next week to 12.5. I’m getting much more pain this week. I asked her this question and she said we need to start the taper and add the Celebrex.

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nyxygirl | @nyxygirl | Jun 20, 2023

@vjs Celebrex is a nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID).-- see screen shot below from PMRandIL6.com . the slides and two talks in here are VERY INFORMATIVE , if you have not already seen them. i wasted one month pre Dx taking Advil !

"getting much more pain this week." - can you be more specific ? - for me the unacceptable * aspect was prolonged morning stiffness of shoulders/arms ( much more so than hips /legs) and unpredictability of the duration. i could track that 2 days after doing something, that in the before-times was not "strenuous "- like blow drying my hair, made me feel much worse !
*My dose was increased from 20 mg to 30mg !

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