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What is Celebrex? Celebrex (also known as celecoxib) is a non-steroidal antiinflammatory approved to relieve the pain, swelling and stiffness of osteoarthritis and adult rheumatoid arthritis. It is an experimental drug in the treatment of ALS/MND, theorised to work down inflammatory immune pathways. Read more...Click to read more below

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Pfizer's Celebrex site


Reasons Taken

49 patients in the community are taking or have taken Celebrex.

Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Pain 15 30%
Other 15 30%
Slow my ALS progress 10 20%
disease-related symptoms 3 6%
Stiffness/spasticity 1 2%
Don't know 1 2%

Dosages

Based on the patients currently taking Celebrex.

  0 mg day 0 mg none 20 mg day 100 mg day 200 mg day 400 mg day 600 mg day
  3 Number of Patients: 3 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 12 Number of Patients: 12 9 Number of Patients: 9 1 Number of Patients: 1  

Duration

How long current patients have been taking Celebrex or how long patients were taking Celebrex before stopping.

Currently taking Celebrex

0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more
1
1
1
1
2
9

Stopped taking Celebrex

0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more
0
0
3
5
8
5
Why Patients Stopped Taking Celebrex (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Did not seem to work 9 43% Did not seem to work: 43%
Other 4 19% Other: 19%
Doctor's advice 3 14% Doctor's advice: 14%
Side effects too severe 2 10% Side effects too severe: 10%
Not indicated 2 10% Not indicated: 10%
Course of treatment ended 2 10% Course of treatment ended: 10%
Expense 1 5% Expense: 5%

Patient Reported Evaluations

Results from 4 patient evaluations. See the overall results and all individual evaluations.

Efficacy (Effect based on reason taken)

Major 67% 2
Moderate 33% 1

Insomnia

Side-effects (as an overall problem)

Severe 0% 0
Moderate 0% 0
Mild 0% 0
None 100% 4

Top reported side-effects include:

Summary results are based on 4 individual responses. For more information, see overall results for Adherence, Burden and Cost.

Individual Patient Reported Evaluations (2 of 4)

  • kleeko
    Mouth/throat: none
    Arms: moderate
    Chest: none
    Legs: moderate
    See profile
  • kleeko
  • by kleeko
    Aug 19, 2008
  • EfficacyMajor
  • Side-effectsNone
  • Other

  • old goat
    Mouth/throat: none
    Arms: moderate
    Chest: none
    Legs: moderate
    Type: Upper Motor Neuron
    See profile
  • old goat
  • by old goat
    Sep 16, 2008
  • EfficacyModerate
  • Side-effectsNone
  • Other

See all evaluation results for Celebrex



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