Answers for those who take Vioxx
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An estimated 2 million Americans are taking the blockbuster pain reliever Vioxx, which is being withdrawn from the market because of concerns about heart attacks and strokes.
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NEW YORK (CBS) The recent recall of the arthritis drug Vioxx has a lot of patients worried about the contents of their medicine cabinets and wondering what the alternatives might be.
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Vioxx and other pain-relieving drugs have given many people with chronic pain the chance to resume normal lives. But an increase in heart attacks among users of the popular arthritis drug led the manufacturer to pull it from the market and has cast a shadow over similar medications.
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Consumers looking for alternatives to Vioxx have other painkillers to choose from, ranging from similar prescription drugs such as Celebrex to that old medicine-chest standby, aspirin.
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By Rosie Murray-West, City Correspondent (Filed: 01/10/2004). US pharmaceutical giant Merck lost about a quarter of its value yesterday after it pulled arthritis drug Vioxx owing to concerns over heart attacks as a side-effect.
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Now that Merck &amp; Co.&#39;s $2.5 billion annual revenues from anti-inflammatory COX-2 inhibitor VIOXXÂ® are history, the next question is what happens to the even greater amount of money ($3.
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By E.J. Mundell, HealthDay Reporter    Other drugs on the market offer arthritis relief, experts say    HealthDayNews -- A day after one of the largest drug recalls in history, America's 2 million Vioxx users are left wondering what's next in terms of relieving their arthritis pain...
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&quot;We were wrong about Vioxx, but you can trust us on all those other meds,&quot; the FDA seems to be saying. If you enjoy this article, you may also be interested in an article entitled &#39;The FDA remains in state of denial about drug safety questions.
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Less than three months after Merck withdrew its pain-killer Vioxx from the US after concerns about side-effects, questions over Pfizer&#39;s competitor products are provoking
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Pfizer Inc.âs disclosure of a study linking Celebrex to heart attacks, such as Merck &amp; Co.âs withdrawn Vioxx, means demand for the drugs once known as âsuper aspirin
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THE FEAR: Both Vioxx and Celebrex are known as cox-2 inhibitors. Some scientists have been warning that all cox-2 inhibitors have the same dangers as Vioxx.
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The withdrawal of Vioxx from the market in September and more recent concerns about its cousin Bextra have raised safety questions about this entire class of painkillers
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Patients who were switched from the prescription pain reliever Vioxx, taken off the market in September, to Celebrex or Aleve want to know what they should do now that the safety of both alternatives is being questioned.
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(KSL News) -- New research suggests the risk of heart attack is three times higher among arthritis patients who used the pain killer Vioxx than it is among those who used a chemically similar drug, Celebrex.
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Oct. 6, 2004 - Scientists in the United States and regulatory agencies in Europe on Wednesdsay questioned whether Celebrex and other pain relievers might raise the same risk of heart problems as those blamed on the arthritis medicine Vioxx.
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Many arthritis sufferers who took the drug Vioxx for severe pain are having trouble finding effective treatment alternatives since the drug was taken off the market by its manufacturer, doctors say.
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For millions of Americans, the latest news is a great big pain in the neck, or maybe it&#39;s the shoulder. The Big Three of anti-inflammatory drugs - Vioxx, Celebrex and now Aleve - are believed to be potential health risks for patients.