COX-2 Inhibitors
The FDA is currently deciding whether to restrict the use of COX-2 inhibitors, the widely used class of pain drugs which includes Vioxx. What do you think?
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Jesus, a couple people's hearts explode, and everyone goes nuts.
Sylvia Drake
Podiatrist -
I'm confused. How did they separate the effects of Vioxx from the other 1,372 things that give Americans heart attacks?
Carson Bloom
Systems Analyst -
I hope the invisible hand of capitalism is trained in CPR.
Joe Moran
Plasterer -
Hey, what about all the horrible side effects these drugs don't cause?
Eric Baumgartner
Sound Producer -
I wondered why that Celebrex TV ad showed an old guy in the middle of a sun-drenched wheat field having a heart attack.
Pat Adkins
Prison Guard -
They're gonna ban COX-2 inhibitors? But that's my third-favorite class of painkillers.
Lisa Layman
Urban Planner
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