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Can He Take The Combination Of Xarelto And Celebrex Medicines?
my dad just had a knee replacement done and he is on xarelto . his doctor put him on Celebrex for inflammation because of surgery of the knee. I am reading that this combination of drugs is not a good idea. the dr. said he uses this combination all the time,
Fri, 4 Sep 2015
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Celebrex is an anti inflammatory pain killer, it is one of the drugs that is in the NSAID family of medication which means that there is a risk of bleeding but the medication has been modified to reduce this risk.
The risk would be higher with the older NSAIDs such as aspirin, naproxen, ibuprofen, diclofenac.
This means that there is a potential risk but it is lower because of the differences between celebrex and the other meds in this family.
I hope this helps
Celebrex is an anti inflammatory pain killer, it is one of the drugs that is in the NSAID family of medication which means that there is a risk of bleeding but the medication has been modified to reduce this risk.
The risk would be higher with the older NSAIDs such as aspirin, naproxen, ibuprofen, diclofenac.
This means that there is a potential risk but it is lower because of the differences between celebrex and the other meds in this family.
I hope this helps
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