Question for the people who have taken diclofenac long term: did the stomach pain ever settle, or is that just the price of admission?
My skin, my sleep and my mood all respond to this, and my appointments only ever ask about the third.
Ceiling dose is a real thing, so more is not better past a point.
What worked for you, and how long did it take before it worked?
The pain score conversation is thirty seconds of my life I will never get back, every time.
Small wins count. Walking to the mailbox is a data point. Not on diclofenac but the pattern is familiar.
Ten percent cuts, of the current dose not the original. That is the arithmetic that keeps it survivable. Currently on diclofenac myself.
Changing prescriber does not reset anything, and people discover that the hard way. Stomach pain was my main issue with diclofenac too.