Mobic (NSAID)

Newer isn't always better, though many pharmaceutical organizations would have you believe it is.

Take the drug called Mobic, for example. A nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID), Mobic is used to help reduce pain in individuals who suffer from the symptoms of rheumatoid arthritis and osteoarthritis.

Introduced by Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Mobic was touted as a better drug than Vioxx, which is also prescribed for the abovementioned purposes. However, safety soon became an issue.

In fact, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently released the findings of a study that connected Mobic with an increased risk of heart attack in patients. For many who had taken the drug, this was a shock; they had been unwittingly playing "Russian Roulette" with their lives by ingesting a product that could be fatal.

Though the FDA did not remove Mobic from the public marketplace, its announcement did serve as a warning to those who had been led to feel safe using the drug.

To be sure, Mobic has a long list of side effects that were divulged by Boehringer Ingelheim when the product was introduced. Those include: muscle cramps; mouth ulcers; depression; dry mouth; irregular menstruation; dizziness; ringing in ears; seizures; and fatigue.

However, those who took Mobic or prescribed it in "good faith" were not forewarned about the possible connection between the medication and heart problems.

This has led many to voice concerns about whether Mobic was "fast tracked" to the market in an effort to undercut Merck & Company's Vioxx-related profits. Was Mobic properly studied, or was it simply rushed into the blood stream of persons around the globe? And, if so, what other complications could arise in individuals who have used Mobic to combat their arthritis and osteoarthritis pain, stiffness, and swelling?

Our team of legal professionals is greatly saddened by reports of potentially defective drugs hitting the marketplace before all the risks and side effects are known. In fact, every day, we get reports of medications that have been shown to have devastating consequences on the persons who use them and their families, coworkers, and acquaintances.

Contact us today via telephone or email to start the process. It's free to you and you'll be under absolutely zero obligation to make a claim against Mobic's makers. And if we decide to file on your behalf, you will owe us nothing until we get restitution for you.

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l g scharrersays: 2012-01-03 14:59:26

been on mobic(meloxicam for a few years had heart attack stomach prob i was called by my doctor an told to stop takeing it (do not post my name ty

gail jaycoxsays: 2012-01-02 19:05:49

I was prescribed mobic even though it states in my medical file I can not take Mobic due to rectal bleeding.

Olivia Sanchezsays: 2012-01-01 10:48:08

My fiance was taking Meloxicam. He passed away suddenly in October of this year. He was only 55. The Medical Investigator could not find a cause for death. His family and myself had him cremated that month. I just came across the bottle of Meloxicam he had been taking. He was taking it for Osteoarthritis. Is it possible this was the cause of his death?

charles chirembasays: 2011-12-12 04:15:36

I have been on Mobic for the past two weeks now prescribed for suspected arthritis. I have just been taken off Parexitine and Neurontine after a month. I have stiff fingers in the mornings and knee and hip joint pains as well as underfoot muscular pains (suspected to be due to hulux vulgus). Blood tests have shown no signs of any form of arthritis I have started having ringing in the ears, headaches, sharp chest pains and I now easily run out of breath. I still have to see a Rheumatologist to confirm my condition. Please help.

Valerie Brandtsays: 2011-11-07 21:00:23

I was prescribed Mobic in 2/2011. Developed ulcers in my mouth, throat and on my face which has left scars. I have pictures of what it did to my face. My family physician stated if I hadn't already been on antibiotics and steroids it would have been much worse.

kimberly lustersays: 2011-11-05 19:25:01

Well just had my whole colon removed due to severe ulcerative colitis due to the ingestion of mobic!!

susansays: 2011-11-02 06:11:31

I was prescribed Mobic for general arthritis and especially with pain and swelling in my hands. I took it for 4 days and woke up in the middle of the 4th night with severe ringing in my ears, pressure in my head, and general physiological anxiety. After about an hr, I took my blood pressure and it was 30 points higher than it had been previously. After contacting the doctor, I stopped the medication and after 5 days, my ears are still ringing. I am glad I found this website. I also realize that taking most drugs have their benefits and their drawbacks. How much do we want to gamble to feel better? For now, I will live with the pain.

Lois O\'Sullivansays: 2011-10-21 11:22:52

My mother in law past away on October 8th after being on mobic 15 mg for approx 3 months for sciatica. She was taken by ambulance and was diagnosed with bleeding ulcers and upper intestinal bleed out. They were unable to control the bleed out in her stomach and she died less that 24 hours after being admitted to the hospital.

edensays: 2011-10-18 23:01:20

I've been prescribed mobic on two separate occasions. The first time i was 15 and suffering from back pain which my then-doctor ascribed to "backpack strain". Two months later i exhibited neurological and vascular symptoms which were later found to be caused by Susac Syndrome. This disease is very rare and affects the small blood vessels in the eyes, ears, and brain; they collude, shutting off oxygen. I am now permanently hearing impaired as a result. I also suffered severe brain damage. Then a year ago i was prescribed mobic again (I'm now 22). I did not remember having taken it before, so took it as my doctor prescribed for a week; it was supposed to help with pain from two bulging discs in my lower lumbar region. I fainted in the shower one day, though, and a call to the pharmacist a few minutes later caused my to discontinue the medicine. My pharmacist was convinced it was the reason. I've since been exhibiting all the symptoms of vasculitis Nd am very comcerned and

Nicholla Mundysays: 2011-10-18 20:13:29

I had a rotator cuff injury in my left shoulder. The doctor prescribed mobic 15 mg and celebrex 200 mg for one week. My periods came the very next week and I bled very badly and my blood count went below 4. I am experiencing extreme fatigue, dizziness and nausea.

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