Seems all the anti inflamatories are

[NancyH]

causing heart problems. gee, what's left? Grin and bear it? I can't take naturopathic meds as they don't work and I have bad side effects, I was taking Aleve as it doesn't give me heartburn, I never tried vioxx or celebrex. I have tried Mobic, so far no major "sudden findings" with that one but then they probably will. I'm just getting tired of all these drugs they shove at us and then finding out it is killing people. Pharmacuetacals are in it for the money and obviously are not doing enough research with their billions they say they need to bring these drugs out!!!!!!!! Gee, they leave us in limbo. heat wraps and ice packs are all that's left for pain relief.

[denmom]

I have to agree, I am so frustrated with all this but thankful they are removing it from the market so that "we RA'ers " will have one less health problem. I am getting to the point of just forgetting the meds and let me live out my life. But the problem remains, damage to the joints and endless pain.

I have been battling this disease for all too long now, and I am throwing my arms up in the air/throwing the towel in. It seems we finally get insurance approval, they remove the drugs, or better still, you find a drug that works and then they cancel your insurance or remove the drugs.

denmom

[cindygre]

I take Lodine as an anti inflamatory. It really helps low side effects and its been in use a long time. Worth a try.
Cindy

[jrf5460]

I take Orudis KT (an OTC). Kinda expensive though...about $7.50 a bottle. Works great for me. Oughta try one time.

Take care, Joe

[Kissa]

Orudis (which is ASA based) and Lodine are very very old medications that are in fact very notorious for gastro bleeds, please be careful with them!

There are many old anti-imflamatories out there still in use that are great medications that don't cause heart failure, but they all cause some side effect, primarily gastro bleeds or ulcers.

I started on Aspirin at age 10, some 28 years ago, I cause a stomache bleed. I was changed over to something similiar to Lodine, same thing. And so through the years every med I've tried have all had the same results, gastro bleeds or severe heartburn (which for me leads to bleeds) until the CoOx which is the new ones causing heart problems.
I take Mobic now, get a little bit of help from it, my OA is so advanced not much helps the swelling except steriods, which are just as evil.

It's difficult living with Arthritis of any form, most medications will cause a problem somewhere down the road in life but I guess the real question you have to ask yourself is.. is your suffering so bad that you live without the medications?
If it is then sometimes the risks associated with the medications is worth it.