"after my nucleoplast surgery in 2001 constant pain because my 3 lower disks were turned into (flat tires) since they remove some of the disks juice, no surgeons could help me, i  just had the right and left nerves deadened by a nerve block that did not work and the lower steroids shots  work a couple days, the one dr put me on gabbapentin helped about 5% with the pain, and last week i read in the aarp paper that celebrex is not really that bad or dangerous ,its on the same level as motrin or ibuprofin, after taking the 200 mg pill twice a day for the past 3 days my pain has lessened 80% and i am sure as it builds up it will kick in and work for me. its been a godsend since my pain was driving me crazy ,i can sleep now."