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Old 11-26-2008, 06:46 AM   #1
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Celebrex and Cymbalta...TMJ too?

After taking Lexapro 10mg/day with increased anxiety, I told my general physician who has been seeing me for years and years (and who actually diagnosed my mother with cancer and helped her throughout until the end) that I needed to switch to something different. It does help that he will soon be my Uncle, too.

I was in the waiting room and saw some brochures on the other side of the room. I picked up the Cymbalta brochure and one of the conditions it treats is fibromyalgia. Which to me, seems promising. I took the Celebrex for the first time last night and will take one again this morning to start the regular dosage of 1/day and then take the Cymbalta 30mg for 7 days then 60/mg a day after that.

Has anyone had any luck with this? Also, I am going to get intouch with my oral surgeon because I've always had mouth/jaw problems so I want to be sure I have TMJ, as that can be a suspect in the pain that I am having as well. My father's girlfriend had TMJ and said that once they relieved that pain, the pain in her body seemed to reside as well. It's hard for me to chew gum for very long, my jaw never feels relaxed in any position.

We will see. Any help in taking Celebrex and Cymbalta as well as any info or progress you've seen with it will be greatly appreciated...and any info on TMJ diagnosis would be great, too.

 
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Re: Celebrex and Cymbalta...TMJ too?

hi cp,
welcome!
ah, celebrex. love what that little capsule does for me. i have been on it for several months now and my tmj, r.a., o.a., fibro, etc. feel so much better. i know it is this pill because i have to quit it for certain procedures and i really feel the difference!!!
never took cymbalta. i am one of the fortunate few who do not have depression with my fibro. i cannot imagine how hard that must be.
oh, and with celebrex if you are not in pain you don't have to take it. cool. as far as i know it is the only as needed non steroidal anti-inflammitory around. i could be wrong. giggle.
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Re: Celebrex and Cymbalta...TMJ too?

Did Celebrex cause any upset stomach or diarrhea symptoms when first taking this med? I noticed last night when I took it, I had a slight stomach ache...nothing too bad but today I took it this morning and it's making my stomach upset and not to gross anyone out...but diarrhea too. I see these as common/less-serious side effects but does this go away with time?

 
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Re: Celebrex and Cymbalta...TMJ too?

Someone? Please.

I'm experiencing dry mouth, some nausea, and diarrhea. This day 1 with cymbalta and day 2 with celebrex (as mentioned above, I took celebrex last night as the dr. told me during my appointment yesterday).

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Re: Celebrex and Cymbalta...TMJ too?

did you take it with food? my bottle says to take with food. i had the delightful symptoms you describe at first. still get the dry mouth and sometimes the liquid stools.
i am not a fan of cymbalta. my daughter used to take it. she never ate and felt crummy the whole time she was on it. now she is on something different and had put some weight back on and laughs about her new desire to eat. she's just a little thing.
i would suggest you call your doctor. it's always okay to say "try something else doc".
with starting 2 new meds at the same time it is going to be hard to tell which pill is doing what.
hope you feel better today.
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