DOI: 10.36347/sjmcr.2015.v03i04.013

Pages: 326-328

Approach to an elderly who presented with rashes can be difficult when he or she was irritable or drowsy and non-cooperative. Joint pain is a common musculoskeletal problem among the elderly and mainly is due to degenerative joint disease such as osteoarthritis. Celecoxib is a type of selective COX-2 inhibitor which is primarily designed for pain relieve with minimal risk of gastrointestinal bleedings. It has been widely used as a pain killer in the management of osteoarthritis and rheumatoid arthritis. The most common side effect reported are headache (15%) followed by hypertension (12%). We present a case of unknown body rashes in a 71 years old Malay woman with underlying osteoarthritis who was just started to consume Celecoxib.