Tag - Vioxx

VIOXX:Safe enough for children

VIOXX:Safe enough for children

It's been discovered that the discredited painkiller Vioxx had been approved for use by children just days before the manufacturer removed it from the market. The drug, one of the new generation of painkillers known as COX-2 inhibitors, almost...

Drugs for arthritis

Drugs for arthritis

If you thought Vioxx was bad, Bextra could be even worse. Things are unravelling quickly for the COX-2 inhibitor painkillers, which were pushed as a safer and better option than the NSAIDs (non-steroidal, anti-inflammatory drugs). Within days of...

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