Meloxicam anyone on it? Have any luck with it?

[obxpelican]

Ok, so my only joint that does not bother me is my operated hip, my doc today prescribed Meloxicam, anyone have any luck with it.

Sorry if this is a little bit off label for hip resurfacing.


TIA

Chuck

[jjmclain]

Chuck,

I was on it for a little while for my hip (prior to my left BHR)...it helped a little, but my hip was so bad that I still had lots of pain. I am sure it would have been worse without it. I felt a little relief when I first went on it, but then not really. Certain meds work for some people and not for others. I think it helped the arthritis in my big toe!

It is also called Mobic. I am happy to say I don't need it anymore after having surgery!!!

June

[stano]

Chuck,
           I have been on Meloxican 15 mg for two months now.  Im am 19 months post bhr, looking to help with the self inflicted pain that I have after running.  Some would say stop running, I just keep trying a different routine, but Im not sure if it is doing anything for me.
   
         stano 

[Anniee]

I've been on it for about one year (7.5 mg).  It does help some with the pain, but it certainly does not get rid of it!  I hope I can stop taking it after my resurfacing!

[John C]

Celebrex, 200mg, does the trick for me. Without taking it, my non-operated hip would hurt so much, that I would have great difficulty skiing this winter. At the start of the winter, it hurt enough that I was sure that I would have to schedule the surgery for my second hip right away. When I started taking the Celebrex, things improved to the  point that I do not feel it most of the time. I will have to get this second hip resurfaced in the next year or two, but as long as Celebrex keeps it under control enough that I can ski mostly pain free, I will wait. It should be noted that Celebrex does have some question regarding heart attacks, like the other COX 2 inhibitors that were pulled off the market. So far, the studies have not been conclusive enough for Celebrex to be pulled. The good news is that as a COX 2 inhibitor, it is the only anti-inflamatory that I can take without burning out my stomach, again.

[obxpelican]

John,

I've always done well on celebrex, Dr. Gross gave that to me post-op and I loved it but I quit taking it when I kept hearing that it's indeed in the same family as Vioxx and that kind of worried me.


Chuck

[AlanN]

Hi Chuck,
tried it for s few months when I complained to my doctor that Diclofenac (which I had been on for 18 months) was having bad effects on me.

To be honest, it was next to useless compared to the Diclofenac, which I ended up back on

[zman]

I had it before my resurfacing. I did not think it was anything special or any better than ibuprofin.

Bruce

[obxpelican]

Thanks everyone for their respones, you guys are awesome!



Chuck

[Big Bill]

Big Bill here .....Chuck.....several other things did not work for me...Meloxicam did....I took it for about a year or more and up to 2 weeks before my  Cormet resurfacing.

     C.A.S.H.   

[obxpelican]

Thanks for the input Bill, this seems to be a case by case thing.

The one thing my doctor said is that the medicine is long acting whereas Ibuprophen is much shorter.

I have the bottle, I just have not cracked it open yet.


Chuck

[Magnus]

Melociam did the trick for me prior to BHR....I could not have lived without it.   Ibuprofin did nothing for me...I was eating them like Skittles.