I have pain in neck, spine, lower back, knees, elbows, carpals & hands. Over the past few years I've tried physical therapy, spinal injections, knee injections, had carpal surgeries, chiropractic, acupuncture, Lidocaine patches, tens unit & heat application, & only really got some relief (enough to force myself to function) adding braces & wraps, stretching, exercise & Aleve, plus I was on prednisone for 2 years. I had to stop prednisone when my rib fractured just from normal work. The past year my lower back pain has become unbearable & constant. The frustrating part is why...being told I have Fibromyalgia, damaged bone marrow from chemo, now possibly ankylosing spondylitis. The rheumatologist gave me Meloxicam since I was not getting relief with Aleve anymore. I did read where it takes 2 to 3 weeks to work. Well, here I am approaching week 4 & I am done. I've had dizziness, a feeling of my tendons, veins & muscles being on fire, constant nausea on the brink of puking & sometimes do puke even when I have nothing to puke up, headaches & worse of all, my widespread pain has intensified to rival the pain in my lower back! I can't eat right, I can't sleep, I can't think straight due to brain fog & headaches, I can't even drink any beverage other than water or I will puke it up. 3 weeks of inability to even function, only able to work 3 to 4 hours before feeling like my muscles are ceasing up & I drag myself to a heating pad on the floor with knees to my chest, literally crying from the pain & having to crawl to the bathroom (Oh & the bowels do not like this medicine at all, from excruciating constipation to nasty diarrhea) so I crawl to the freaking bathroom because if I try to get up & walk the dizziness makes me fall anyway. I gave this crap "3 weeks to work" & all is has done is brought pain & misery. Needless to say, I am so Done with Meloxicam!Read More Read Less