Tuesday, October 12, 2004

Vioxx and other COX-2 drugs

I was reading this article on webmd.com regarding Vioxx and its sister drugs Celebrex and Bextra. I've never taken Vioxx, but have taken Celebrex and Bextra. Both of the editorials in the New England Journal of Medicine and its UK counterpart, The Lancet, stated that since Vioxx isn't safe, then Celebrex and Bextra, like Vioxx being COX-2 drugs, probably aren't either.

I just downloaded a copy of the NEJM article, and you have to be a friggin doctor to understand what it says! I'll read it and try to decipher it. Sheesh!

--MorelaterZ--

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