A study has shown that patients who take the arthritis drug Vioxx stood 50 percent higher risk of having a heart attack or experiencing a fatal cardiac episode than those taking Celebrex, another popular arthritis drug.
The patients in the higher risk bracket for suffering a heart attack or sudden cardiac death were those who took the highest recommended daily dosage of Vioxx, compared to those taking standard painkillers. Based on these results, researchers cautioned people against taking high dosages of Vioxx.
These findings raised concerns of researchers particularly because sudden cardiac death is considered the leading cause of death in the United States.
Despite the consistent support of those defending the safety of Vioxx, sales have remained stagnant for the past few years. The risk of heart attack and cardiac death occurs when patients continue to take the higher dose of the drug beyond the approved treatment period of five days.
Yahoo News August 25, 2004
If you've forgotten, the market for pain relievers is about $10 BILLION per year. Anytime you deal with numbers that large there will inevitably be corruption, greed and negative influences.
Why take the risk of serious side effects from anti-inflammatories when you can create your own anti-inflammatory?
Simply changing the ratio of omega-6 to omega-3 fats in your diet could do this. Folks, this is non-controversial and there are dozens and dozens of studies which clearly demonstrate this. Even traditional medicine has firmly embraced these concepts.
I review many controversial topics, but there is no disagreement on this one, virtually everyone acknowledges that omega-3 fats play a crucial role in arthritis. If you need guidelines on how to use them please review my comments on Dr. Connor's excellent article.
The pain in many conditions can be quite severe. Fortunately, there are simple basic solutions for over 95 percent of the conditions that you would be taking these drugs for.
The most basic course of action is to follow the eating plan.
For severe rheumatoid arthritis, I have found my revision of Dr. Brown's protocol useful in producing remission in more than 3,000 patients with RA I have cared for over the past several years.
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