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Celebrex and Nausea: What Users Say

Nausea: mentioned by 5 users (2.2%)

Based on user experiences from 226 Celebrex reviews, the following table shows the most commonly mentioned side effects.

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pain 3.5%
upset stomach 3.5%
dizziness 3.1%
shortness of breath 3.1%
headaches 2.7%
rash 2.7%
heart palpitations 2.2%
high blood pressure 2.2%
nausea 2.2%
drowsiness 1.8%

Reviews for Celebrex

  • Orc...
  • Taken for less than 1 month
  • August 2, 2019

For Pain "I am on my second day of Celebrex. I was taking way too many ibuprofen every 4-6 hours for widespread osteoarthritis and skeletal-muscular pain. The first day, I was really dizzy and drowsy and spent all day in bed. Today, I am back to work, and while I feel my overall arthritis is slightly improved, the areas where I have the most swelling (ankle, knees) are not responding as well as with the ibuprofen. And areas like my back, shoulder, and hands have increased pain levels. I am having more trouble walking. I keep getting headache pain that comes and goes and causes me to feel dizzy and nauseous. I am not sure if this is typical and I just need time to adjust or not. But I find myself having trouble getting through the work day."

4 / 10
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  • Jim...
  • Taken for less than 1 month
  • October 30, 2019

For Pain "After using this for a few days, I started feeling sick to my stomach and the progress I had made after my back surgery slowed. Then I started to feel “fatigue,” which began to feel more and more like paralysis and loss of feeling. I had a hard time breathing. These symptoms came on slowly. Celebrex was supposed to replace opioid pain relief. In my case, the medication was worse than the problem and robbed me of a week of physical therapy progress, weakened my muscles, and made me susceptible to injury due to weakness and more."

1 / 10
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  • LJ...
  • Taken for less than 1 month
  • February 13, 2013

For Osteoarthritis "I was given some samples of Celebrex from my physician for wrist and hand pain. After I took the second capsule of 200 mg, I awoke in the night with an extremely bad headache, had the chills, aching muscles, runny nose, and a dry hacking cough. I stopped taking the pills, but as my symptoms persisted, I believed I had the flu. Three weeks later, I again tried Celebrex, and on the second day of taking the pills, I was again stricken with chills, a headache, nausea, and the runny nose. These symptoms have stayed with me for the past three days."

1 / 10
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  • Jus...
  • Taken for less than 1 month
  • January 3, 2022

For Pain "I had extreme stomach pain, nausea, headaches, and flatulence while on this medicine. The side effects were so great that I couldn't even tell if it was helping with the nerve pain in my legs. I am not impressed with this medication and do not plan to take it again."

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  • Wen...
  • July 3, 2014

For Osteoarthritis "Reduced pain in my C2 but caused nausea, sinus pain, runny nose, cough, when taking 100 mg daily, and severely increased symptoms when dose increased to 200 mg daily for one day."

2 / 10
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