Re: What does the drug Vioxx do?
Posted by joan on 8/22/99
I have been on Vioxx for 11 days and am still doing very well--in fact I am now doing better than a week ago. I think because I am able to walk with a heel-toe gait and am still being religious about orthotics and good sneakers, I am getting the best success. I am even doing some barefoot around the house and developing some of the foot muscles again. Also, my shoulder is doing phenomally (when compared with the past--I would have to say that it is still somewhat more involved than my foot). BUT, yesterday and today I spent the day manually pulling out staples and carpet tacks, prying moulding from the wall, and carrying out a full size room rug to the trash. And the after effects have been minor. I know I will get my best healing if I take it even easier in the future, but for now I am indulging and enjoying working on my "new" old house for the first time since I bought it a year ago. Anyway, I'd be interested in hearing about anyone else's success with either Vioxx or Celebrex, and I want to offer encouragement to anyone out there who is feeling down. While Vioxx might not be your ticket (nor do I think it is completely mine), I now know form experience that you CAN feel better again. There was a long time during which I was pretty down and thought I'd never get "my normal foot" back. I could not have predicted then that I would ever be writing this now. So hang in because I do believe that something can come along and work eventually. Dr. Robert Schuller (Hour of Power on Sunday mornings) said something like "Hope is the belief that time is not standing still and that things can move toward a better place." Ibuprofen cream instead of pills because of the stomach irritation high doses of pills can cause. This is the only place in the U.S. I've found that sells it.
Heel pain: plantar fasciitis and heel spurs