This drug may infrequently cause serious (rarely fatal) bleeding from the stomach or intestines. This side effect can occur without warning at any time during treatment with diclofenac. The elderly are at increased risk for serious stomach/intestinal bleeding.
Drugs related to diclofenac have rarely caused blood clots that result in serious (possibly fatal) heart attacks and strokes. This medication might also rarely...
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This weekend my friend Mark and I drove about 120 miles from our homes in Boulder to Leadville in Central Colorado. Mark is a member of the... Read more »
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A reader asks Joe and Teresa Graedon of The People's Pharmacy about the new gel form of the painkiller Voltaren. The Graedons talk about how the gel... Read more »
This is a study to evaluate the safety and effectiveness of an experimental topical Voltaren (diclofenac) spray compared to Celebrex tablets and... Read more »
This is a study to test the safety and effectiveness of Voltaren gel in the treatment of knee osteoarthritis. This national study is currently... Read more »
The U.S Food and Drug Administration has approved Voltaren Gel to treat osteoarthritis (OA), making it the first topical treatment for OA. In... Read more »
Drugmaker Pharmos has announced that its new Voltaren cream to treat osteoarthritis (OA) is moving into Phase II clinical trials. This topical form... Read more »