Celecoxib 200 mg is a medication that is available in capsule form when you buy them from the pharmacy or drug store.  It is wise that when you buy celecoxib 200 mg, you must keep the medicine pamphlet with you and read it again if you have to.  If you have any more questions about celecoxib 200 mg, then you should better ask your doctor and/or pharmacist. Remember that you must not share celecoxib 200 mg with others if it is prescribed for you.  Even though they may have the same signs and symptoms such as yours, taking celecoxib 200 mg without being properly diagnosed and advised by the doctor may possibly give them dangerous side effects and it can cause them more harm than good.

Celecoxib 200 mg is a medicine that is mainly used for relieving a patient’s signs and symptoms of osteoarthritis, ankylosing spondylitis, acute pain, dysmenorrhea or painful menstruation, and rheumatoid arthritis.  Celecoxib 200 mg can also help in reducing the number of rectal and colon polyps in those who are diagnosed with familial adenomatous polyposis, and it can also be the solution to children older than 2 years old, having 10 kilos of weight and diagnosed with juvenile rheumatoid arthritis.

Celecoxib 200 mg is classified as an NSAID or nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug, and it is particularly categorized as a COX-2 inhibitor.  When there is something wrong in your body, say acute pain, your body produces prostaglandins that will surely cause you to experience pain and inflammation at the affected area.  If you have either osteoarthritis or rheumatoid arthritis, your body will definitely make more of these prostaglandins, which explains the excruciating pain you may feel sometimes or all the time. Thankfully, when you take celecoxib 200 mg, it will control the production of prostaglandins, resulting to a reduction of pain and inflammation that you will experience.

The active ingredient in a single celecoxib 200 mg capsule is celecoxib itself.  Every hard gel capsule contains 200 mg of celecoxib.  Check the pamphlet for the complete list of other ingredients in the capsule to make sure you are not allergic to any of them. To make sure that you are indeed buying an authentic celecoxib 200 mg capsule, each capsule sports a white, opaque cap and body with a printed “7767” on the cap itself with a yellow band.  There is a “200” you will see that is printed on the body within a yellow band.  Contained in each capsule you will see a white to ecru fine powder.  Celecoxib 200 mg is available in blister container packs holding 30 hard gel capsules.

If your doctor has prescribed you to take celecoxib 200 mg for your pain/inflammation condition, then you ought to take special care of yourself if you have any of the following: if you had previously a bleeding problem or ulcer in your intestines or stomach; you must not take celecoxib if you are currently having bleeding or ulcer in your intestines or stomach; if you take drugs meant to minimize blood clotting such as warfarin; and if you are currently taking acetylsalicylic acid for the purpose of protecting your heart.  The most common side effect of celecoxib 200 mg is high blood pressure. Check with your doctor about the complete list of side effects and monitor any side effect you will encounter while taking celecoxib 200 mg.