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Vioxx - the other side of the story
Vioxx - the other side of the story -- Posted by Steve on 12-24-04 13:23
Excerpts from the Wall Street Journal -
===================================
Many longtime Vioxx takers say they would have preferred to be
informed of the risks involved and then decide for themselves whether
to keep taking the drug. Now, they complain that they are left with
few options. Some are angered and frustrated by the limited range of
alternative treatments, which for them have been unsuccessful or
inferior to Vioxx, and can carry significant risks of their own.
"If you live with intractable pain every day of your life, would you
take a small chance that you would have a heart attack? A lot of my
patients would," says Hayes Wilson, a rheumatologist in Atlanta.
The struggles of these Vioxx patients to come up with a viable
alternative reflects one of the biggest issues facing drug regulators
and patients right now: how to weigh the risks of side effects from a
particular medicine against its benefits. One particularly troubling
issue for patients is that many alternative drugs lack extensive
studies examining their own risks.
http://online.wsj.com/article/0,,SB110357080382404972,00.html
Re: Vioxx - the other side of the story -- Posted by Shawn Hearn on 12-25-04 07:39
In article ,
Steve wrote:
> Excerpts from the Wall Street Journal -
>
> ===================================
>
> Many longtime Vioxx takers say they would have preferred to be
> informed of the risks involved and then decide for themselves whether
> to keep taking the drug. Now, they complain that they are left with
> few options. Some are angered and frustrated by the limited range of
> alternative treatments, which for them have been unsuccessful or
> inferior to Vioxx, and can carry significant risks of their own.
>
> "If you live with intractable pain every day of your life, would you
> take a small chance that you would have a heart attack? A lot of my
> patients would," says Hayes Wilson, a rheumatologist in Atlanta.
>
> The struggles of these Vioxx patients to come up with a viable
> alternative reflects one of the biggest issues facing drug regulators
> and patients right now: how to weigh the risks of side effects from a
> particular medicine against its benefits. One particularly troubling
> issue for patients is that many alternative drugs lack extensive
> studies examining their own risks.
>
> http://online.wsj.com/article/0,,SB110357080382404972,00.html
For my father, Vioxx was useless in treating his arthritis. Vioxx did
not reduce his pain at all. Even if Vioxx was still on the market, there
would still be a need to develop alternative treatments or drugs for
those who, like my dad, did not respond well to Vioxx.
Re: Vioxx - the other side of the story -- Posted by IVORPOINT2 on 12-31-04 05:49
I was also on arcoxia the next merc drug to have been withdrawn after a
long time on Vioxx.
I have got some pain reief using Ground Ginger capsules with no side
effects
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