Interesting thing is that I have been on
>large doses of Celebrex for the arthritis and my adhesion problems
>seemed to be relatively minor last fall to recently.
Mark writes:
Donna,
You should know that Celebrex has been shown to "dramatically" reduce adhesion formation in mice. In January 2006, doctors in Boston reported a surprise discovery. It's been written up. You can read more here:
http://www.medicalnewstoday.com
search for 'adhesions'
Or you can look at the 'news' page on the home page of http://www.adhesions.org and search for the Crazy Glue article. It talks about Celebrex.
The strange thing is that I haven't heard anything new since 2005 about this. I wonder if anyone is looking into this discovery any further. There's nothing on the http://www.clinicalstudies.gov web-site. Maybe I just don't know where to look. I don't want to be a cynical person. So until I know different, I'm choosing to think that somebody somewhere is thinking about this.
But if the reports in mice are true and it works on humans, then maybe the celebrex you were taking for your arthritis has prevented the formation of adhesions after your surgery. If so, I'm very happy for you.
Yours,
-- Mark in Seattle