meloxicam

[lnearth]

Hi all--I'm in the midst of battling my insurance company to stop denying my dr's scripts for Celebrex ( have RA/inflammatory arthritis--the rheumatologist vacillates between the two). I've done all the steps, but BC/BS keeps putting me through hoops and adding more obstacles. So, now they tell me I have to try mobic (meloxicam). Are any of you

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[severedscythe]

I'm on mobic, but not methotrexate, so I can't help you there, but Mobic works well enough for someone with mild symptoms. If you're more than mild, and they're only putting you on 15 mg, then talk to them cause it doesn't help everything with mine. ASDLFkjasdf blah can't speak.

There's a laundry list of side effects, like with every drug. 's just weighing the pros and the cons and what works for you, tbqh

[lnearth]

Thanks for the advice. Appreciate it and hope you're ok--

[lnearth]

Yeah, the price is certainly a lot easier to deal with than Celebrex--even with insurance Celebrex is expensive. Hopefully that will change when the patent expires and the generic introduced.

[equiraptor]

Dang. When my insurance company tried to screw me over like that, my doc threatened to report them to the state insurance commission. They stopped being a PITA. This is Texas - surely our insurance commission is not more powerful than yours?!

I haven't taken meloxicam, so I have no experiences with that to share. :(

[lnearth]

I don't know--I'm in New York, but much more of this and my doc and I are going to stop being cooperative and polite. ;-)

[helixaspersa]

I take meloxicam sometimes. I'm lucky and my RA is pretty good at the moment, and well controlled with occasional steriod injections into my wrists, which are the only joints that seem really active at the moment. Sometimes it takes a while between the joint starting to get bad again and the injection though (I'm in the UK so have to deal with NHS referrals/waiting lists) and then I take meloxicam to try to keep the inflammation down a bit while I wait. To be honest I'm not sure how much difference it makes, but I've not had any problems with side effects.

[lnearth]

Thank you all very much--all your comments are very helpful. Take care!

[apollonia]

I take hydroxychloroquine and use my meloxicam if I have a bad flare-up. The only downside is you can't take ibuporofen on the meloxicam, and I have had to take Tylenol when using the meloxicam for headaches.

I have not had to take MTX.

[lnearth]

Hmmm...no ibuprofen while taking meloxicam--now that's something to really consider since I like it to supplement the Vicoprofen that I take now. So much to think about!