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teeny

2y ago

Meloxicam not strong enough for pain relief?

i’ve just started on meloxicam and don’t feel like it’s “strong” enough if that makes sense, like i still find myself wanting to use topical voltaren midway through the day. what have been your experiences with it?

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Chesbro99

2y ago

You can ask to go up in your dose. That's what I would do. I'm on the low dose but when it doesn't start to work I would go up
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Rosaleen

2y ago

I take it in the morning and by itself it's doesn't really work and taking cinnamon and turmeric in the morning and at night will help as well from experience
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Smasch

2y ago

Hey! I take meloxicam 7.5mg, 2x/day. I decided to take it twice a day to get a longer time of relief from it. I honestly haven’t taken the 15mg tabs so I don’t have anything to compare it to. I also remember it took a little while to really start working for me… like maybe a week or two? It definitely ended up working better for me than Aleve or any other NSAID.
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teeny

2y ago

i actually take gabapentin too! i’m glad to hear it’s helping you, hopefully i’m still just in a transition period then with the meloxicam
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Reza

2y ago

Hi Teeny. I'm taking Meloxicam 15mg once a day. But I am also taking Gabapentin 600mg. I can tell they are helping my chronic pain somehow. Hope this can be helpful to you.

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