Celecoxib

Celecoxib (Celebrex)

What Should I Tell My Healthcare Provider?

Prior to taking celecoxib, talk to your healthcare provider if you have:

Asthma
Heart disease, including congestive heart failure
High blood pressure (hypertension)
Liver disease or liver failure
Kidney disease or kidney failure
Bleeding problems (or are taking blood-thinning medications)
Stomach ulcers, stomach bleeding, or a history of either condition
Any allergies to medicines, including sulfa drugs, aspirin, or other NSAIDs.

Let your healthcare provider know if you are:

Pregnant or thinking about becoming pregnant (see Celebrex and Pregnancy)
Breastfeeding (see Celebrex and Breastfeeding)
Drinking alcohol frequently
Recovering from heart surgery.

Also, tell your healthcare provider about all of the medicines you take, including prescription and non-prescription medicines, vitamins, and herbal supplements.

(Click Precautions and Warnings for Celecoxib to learn more, including information on who should not take the drug.)

Uses of Celecoxib

Approved celecoxib uses include the following:

Acute pain relief, such as for pain following a procedure or muscle strain.
Treatment of arthritis symptoms, including pain, stiffness, and swelling. Celecoxib can be used to treat several different types of arthritis, including osteoarthritis, rheumatoid arthritis, and ankylosing spondylitis. However, the medication is not an arthritis cure.
Treatment of painful menstrual periods.

Celecoxib has also been shown to decrease the number of colon and rectal polyps in people with familial adenomatous polyposis (FAP), a hereditary condition that can cause hundreds of growths (called polyps) in the colon and rectum. People with FAP usually develop colon cancer and/or rectal cancer by their late 30s.

(Click Celecoxib Uses for more information.)

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