Just wanted to see if anyone is taking Celebrex post surgery, misspelled Celebrex previous poll........sorry Lori

I was taking it before surgery, stopped it 4 weeks before surgery. I am 6 weeks post op and just talked to my surgeon about resuming it last week during my 2nd fill.

He feels that if I can avoid taking it and still have a good quality of life, he would prefer that I don't start it again. NSAIDS are on the 'do not take' list because of the harshness on the stomach lining (also bummed that NYQUIL was on the list!). For me, I have minor joint pain that is not getting any worse (is probably better most days), so I have decided to not take it again.

However, if I had a lot of joint pain (I am not sure how you are doing), I would probably resume taking it again and just ask my doctor how we can monitor whatever we need to watch.

Good luck!

Just wanted to see if anyone is taking Celebrex post surgery, misspelled Celebrex previous poll........sorry Lori

My surgeon's office only gives Celebrex for post-op pain, no narcotics at all. I have asthmas so avoid NSAID's, and had some other pain issues that needed to be treat, so I didn't take the Celebrex. It is easier on the stomach than other NSAID's like the long lost Vioxx was. If you can, eat a little something with them to avoid irritating the stomach pouch... but short term should not be a problem.

Perscription strength NSAIDS. Ugggg. This year a medical journal came out with a study that people who took NSAIDS (esp. perscription) increased the chance of stroke and heart attack. At 39 after being on a perscription NSAID I had a stroke for 11 months. The doctors really did'nt have a reason why (though of course they brought up my weight). After reading this research (https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1473048/) I am convinced this was involved with my having a stroke. Even though my doctor said I could take NSAIDS I have'nt taken one since.