I don't take it daily, but at the first sign of a flare and it helps almost immediately. On the first night my heart was thumping pretty hard all night and weird chest pains. On second night same thing plus pain in my kidney area as well as stomach. The third night was all of the night before plus nausea and skin irritation. The side effects quit after 4rth night.

So far this voltaren rapid 25 hasn't. First time in years my back ache has gone away so effectively. Really hope it last and i can wake up still feeling completely pain free. I have switched to taking it with a snack before bedtime with good results. For me, it has been very effective pain relief for my chronic bone/joint pain from a broken elbow.

I didn't have any other side effects than this one. My doctor prescribed me a topical cream , did some vaginal test to exclude infections. The wheezing literally woke me up, it was so loud. I also got a severe skin rash on the back of my neck, and on the back of one hand.

Would never use it again or reccommend it. The bleeding started almost immediately after taking the first dose. Voltaren totally relieves my pain when nothing else worked. It mellows me out a little but not too much. It's just too bad that it upset my stomach so much.

Volteren did nothing to help my arm. Even with a full stomach, this pill can be very hard to handle. Side effects can easily bring you closer to the grave. Immediate and absolute relief. Codeine medications aren't as effective and upset my stomach on occasions.

F 36 2 weeks 8/3/2007 3 shoulder pain from spondylarthropy dry mouth (also taking cymbalta) when i first took voltaren, i didn't feel it helped me at all. I took one per day and this is the third day. I've had to get up and walk this feeling off, which has not been fun on the knee. Towards the end, began getting tightness in my throat, tingling eyes and lips. These symptoms worsened over the following two weeks, especially the tightness in my throat until a severe case resulted in me colapsing from a heart attack and hospitalised for a week.

I was supposed to take it 2x/day for 7 days and then 2x/day as needed. I completed the 7 days and then did not take it on the 8th day. This really makes me nervous. I am going to speak with my doctor about this possibility. This medicine has been extrememly helpful.