I've had no problems with 32-3 50mg per day Diclofenac for up to two
months.
But I NEVER take it without food!
Andrew Fildes
afildes@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
On 22/02/2007, at 3:23 PM, Brian Swale wrote:
>
> Walt commented that he used 'Aleve' to mitigate the pain of sciatica.
>
> I checked it out; it is a form of pseudoephredine. OK as a general
> purpose
> pain-killer.
>
> What is usually prescribed here goes under the common name of
> Voltaren.
> Actually is Diclofenac sodium, 75mg tabs. Very good, and one tablet
> kills
> the pain and disability for maybe a whole day.
>
> BUT it is very dangerous. It put me in hospital with a suspected
> heart attack
> in the middle of the night, some days after I took the last
> previous tab. It
> nearly killed a friend of mine as it perforated his stomach and he
> developed
> peritonitis. The heart doctors who investigated me said that Voltaren
> ALWAYS causes bleeding and damage in the stomach. Only very
> reluctantly will I use it again.
>
> Brian
>
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