Alan Pearce
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There are many circumstances where it is completely appropriate to suggest to other forum members that it is more appropriate to seek the advice of their own doctor. This isn't one of them.I was going to say this is a question for your doctors and you to sort as side effects from meds and benefits too are highly individual. It is not a common side effect.
My staff does the administrative work; my stave goes walking with me.Please don't tell me that I should be using walking poles instead of a staff!
My doctor recently gave me a course of Meloxicam tablets to take. They are non-steroidal anti-inflammatories and I needed them to ease joint pain in my [walking staff] shoulder. I had to stop taking them within 2 days, because of severe dizziness, which is one of the mooted possible side effects. Has anyone had a similar experience with this medication?
PS Please don't tell me that I should be using walking poles instead of a staff! I know already!
Be brave. Life is joyous.
Alan
My dear FalconMy staff does the administrative work; my stave goes walking with me.
Hi there LWHThank you for that input dougfitz. I am a frequent prescriber of this drug and would repeat that dizziness is not a common side effect. I also believe that dizziness is a very frequent occurrence and may in fact be unrelated to the drug, or it may be. Other common causes of dizziness include hypotension and some major disorders such as cardiac arrhythmia and vascular disorders. Without being alarmist I meant to suggest that the OP might have the dizziness checked out further and that other pilgrims experiences with their own dizziness may not be entirely reassuring whether or not they were taking meloxicam , and whether or not his dizziness is related to the drug. I would hate someone to be falsely reassured because someone else was also dizzy and happened to be taking the drug, both of which are common but not necessarily related circumstances. There may well be other pilgrims who are dizzy on meloxicam but again, in my practice, I would definitely be looking for other causes. As a medical doctor, to me this expression of caution seems entirely appropriate. Perhaps not to others. It gets complicated !
Hi Doug@longwayhome, I agree that seeking treatment would be a matter best managed with one's own doctor. I am also conscious that this is not a way of establishing causality, nor would it eliminate other causes. It doesn't appear to me that @Alan Pearce, in this case, is trying to do any of these things. So I see the circumstances as quite different to someone asking for treatment recommendations. That is a point at which the advice to seek qualified medical advice is clearly appropriate. Not that your advice to do that is inappropriate - it just doesn't appear to me to address the question that was asked.
Dear DonnaI'm also a prescriber and this is not a common side effect. I agree about getting checked for other things and having potentially dangerous conditions ruled out.
Thanks for your reply. I am glad to hear that you have had no problems - may it always be so!I have had no problems with Meloxicam use for up to 3 months at a time. Does significantly reduce knee pain for me caused by meniscus tear.
My doctor recently gave me a course of Meloxicam tablets to take. They are non-steroidal anti-inflammatories and I needed them to ease joint pain in my [walking staff] shoulder. I had to stop taking them within 2 days, because of severe dizziness, which is one of the mooted possible side effects. Has anyone had a similar experience with this medication?
PS Please don't tell me that I should be using walking poles instead of a staff! I know already!
Be brave. Life is joyous.
Alan
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