Comments on: New Warnings For A Popular Rub-On Pain Reliever http://www.rheumatoidarthritisguy.com/2009/12/new-warnings-for-a-popular-rub-on-pain-reliever/ Adventures of a superhero on his journey through chronic pain and debilitating inflammation Sun, 30 Jun 2013 03:49:14 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Lynn Rivers http://www.rheumatoidarthritisguy.com/2009/12/new-warnings-for-a-popular-rub-on-pain-reliever/#comment-2183 Lynn Rivers Mon, 04 Jan 2010 00:52:06 +0000 http://www.rheumatoidarthritisguy.com/?p=9120#comment-2183 Thank you so much for posting this. I had a spike in my liver enzymes tests a couple of months ago and never thought to link it to a topical creme. My doc pulled me off of the oral Arava and oral Diclofenac to see if the tests improved… they did. So he assumed one or both was the cause. I had started using the gel in the same time period about once a day and never thought to mention it. I suspect it was not the Arava at all (I had been on it for 1.5 years with no issue) and it was just the addition of the Diclofenac topical that caused the issue. It means I might be able to go back on the Arava with my Enbrel. I was on it for 6 weeks together and had almost achieved remission. Thank you so much… must call my Rhuemy now and ask about trying the Arava again.

]]> By: Kali http://www.rheumatoidarthritisguy.com/2009/12/new-warnings-for-a-popular-rub-on-pain-reliever/#comment-2179 Kali Sun, 03 Jan 2010 00:17:54 +0000 http://www.rheumatoidarthritisguy.com/?p=9120#comment-2179 Oh…bother…just what I need, to find out yet another medication that works for me is dangerous.

Vioxx, back in the day, was the only thing that got the inflammation in my knee under control. And then they discovered that it caused heart attacks.

]]> By: Kari H http://www.rheumatoidarthritisguy.com/2009/12/new-warnings-for-a-popular-rub-on-pain-reliever/#comment-2149 Kari H Tue, 29 Dec 2009 19:12:43 +0000 http://www.rheumatoidarthritisguy.com/?p=9120#comment-2149 Wow… will have to throw mine out! I don’t use it much, since I’ve found it doesn’t do anything for me… but I’m on another medication that is very hard on my liver, so I don’t want to double the trouble!

]]> By: Laurie http://www.rheumatoidarthritisguy.com/2009/12/new-warnings-for-a-popular-rub-on-pain-reliever/#comment-2146 Laurie Tue, 29 Dec 2009 14:46:49 +0000 http://www.rheumatoidarthritisguy.com/?p=9120#comment-2146 I LoVE my voltaren gel…don’t use a lot of it on a daily basis…the amount they say to use is too much to rub in, so I just dab it onto the joint that hurts only.

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