I was afraid you were headed towards the roids. Hopefully it will make you feel better.

As for mobic. I've heard of it. Just don't know anything about it.

Wish I could help more, but alas, I cannot.

Feel better sweetie.

DAY

I tried mobic in there somewhere ... between bextra and lexapro, I think. There were so many. I am to meds as Emelda Marcos was to shoes.



It didn't do me any good but didn't hurt either. it was about like taking a bunch of Tylenol. I think I still have 5 or 6 of em in the pill trunk.

I was also wondering if they were going to give you another round of roids... sorry to hear that. You want me to send you some almond joys? oreos?

Look at it this way. You can eat an entire batch of brownies and blame it on the roids.

Man, now I'm hungry and I started my diet today

OH MAN!! A BROWNIE sounds sooooooooooooooo good right now.

Feel better girlfriend
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Sorry to hear that you're back on the 'roids, and yes I think we all hate those "muchies" that go with them.

As for Mobic....... It's widely used in Australia and is a good anti-inflammatory & pain reliever used mostly here for arthritic pain. So far I haven't heard of any of those nasty side effects, as exhibited with other drugs like Voltaren & Celebrex.

Get well soon FFM.

Sorry you're in a flair...I'm in one, too, so I can sympathize.

As for the mobic...my friend takes is daily for her back. She has a ... uh ... what do you call it when the thing between the vertebrae squishes out?

O.K....that sounds like a second grader just asked that question doesn't it?

It's on the tip of my tongue but I can't come up with it.... anyway, she might have to have the vertebrea fused together and she has a lot of pain and swelling so she takes mobic for pain.

Apparently, it works, but not nearly as good as...O.K., now I can't remember what it doesn't work as well as. There was a REALLY good drug, but it was taken off the market.

OOOH-OOOOH...I just remembered, the really good drug was celebrex...I think!

FFM - Sorry about the flare. I hope you start feeling better soon.

I am not much help on the med. I do not have any experiences to share with you. Sorry.

As for the munchies, well, I never experienced that with the 'roids. The 'roids upset my stomach too much to eat. Not to mention they increase my fatigue and I end up like a blob on the couch and it is far too much work to get up and get something to eat. Therefore, DDs make me all sorts of smoothies - fruit ones, veggie ones, etc. so that I am at least taking in something. If I know that I will be going on IVSM, we will make them ahead of time so that I can just go to the freezer pull one out, let it thaw, and just drink that.

Let us know how you are doing.

FFM-
Sorry you're feeling poorly, my dear

I've been on Mobic (Meloxicam is the generic) for a couple of years-was put on it when Vioxx was pulled.
I have arthritis and degenerative joint disease in my back, knees, elbows and my left sacroiliac joint, which is the most painful of all the joints. OTC antiinflammatories weren't working anymore.
Mobic works great on the pain. I notice right away when I don't take it--my SI joint gets almost unbearable.
Try it for a while and see if it decreases the pain.