If you are taking Celebrex you might have noticed that it can be hard to take your medication on time all of the time. It is suggested to take Celebrex at exactly the time it was prescribed to you, but can sometimes be impossible. Therefore, if this occurs to you it is important to take the missed dose as soon as you remember. But, if you remember to take your dose once it’s time to take the next dose, then just don’t take the missed dose and continue on taking the following dosage and just start taking them from there on regularly. It might be tempting to take a double dose but you shouldn’t. Just missing one dosage will not affect the medication completely.

If you overdose seek medical attention immediately. The most common symptom of overdose is nausea, vomiting, stomach pain, drowsiness, black or bloody stools, coughing up blood, shallow breathing, fainting, or even a coma.

To make the best of Celebrex for your arthritis pain, it’s important to keep away from certain types of foods and drinks. You should avoid drinking alcoholic beverages, over the counter cold, allergy, or pain medication, or other medications similar to Celebrex.  

Celebrex helps keep the lithium in the blood by 17 percent higher and that is why there should be a lithium therapy to closely monitor during and after the therapy with Celebrex. In addition, if you are taking blood thinners like anticoagulant warfarin you should your blood tested when there is any type of change in the Celebrex treatment.

Celebrex is a very risky treatment that need close monitoring. With in depth supervision, Celebrex has been shown to help to relieve some arthritis patient’s painful conditions. However, it does not prevent the progression of any type of arthritis and only lowers the symptoms and signs of arthritis.