Re: Re: NEWS - Merck voluntarily withdraws Vioxx from the market

[Guest guest]

When I went off vioxx my BP returned to normal. I went on Naproxin which is

more effective than the Vioxx for me. Interesting that it raises your BP

but doesn't affect mine. All medications react differently for all of us.

Vioxx is the only -2 that has had these problems.

My normal BP is low 100/60 so when it was 130/80 the doctor didn't pay any

attention since it's not considered elevated to someone that has 120/80 for

normal BP. I don't remember how high it went, I believe 130/85 but since my

doctor wasn't paying attention, I took myself off of Vioxx and asked to go

on one of the older NSAID's. It's to bad I moved and my old doc doesn't

know how right I was. I'm just glad they pulled it off the market since so

many people have had BP and heart problems from it. I'm just very angry

that it wasn't done much sooner. There has been a lot of evidence pointing

to the dangerous side effects, and as far as I'm concerned the FDA took way

to long pulling it.

a

> a, when you went off Vioxx, did you switch to another anti-

> inflamatory and did your blood pressure stay normal? I've never

> taken Vioxx--I take Celebrex--but this still makes me a little

> nervous because I've had several friends tell me that their doctors

> say the two are virtually the same. I've never had a BP problem,

> though, except when I was taking Naprosyn.

>

>

[Guest guest]

When I went off vioxx my BP returned to normal. I went on Naproxin which is

more effective than the Vioxx for me. Interesting that it raises your BP

but doesn't affect mine. All medications react differently for all of us.

Vioxx is the only -2 that has had these problems.

My normal BP is low 100/60 so when it was 130/80 the doctor didn't pay any

attention since it's not considered elevated to someone that has 120/80 for

normal BP. I don't remember how high it went, I believe 130/85 but since my

doctor wasn't paying attention, I took myself off of Vioxx and asked to go

on one of the older NSAID's. It's to bad I moved and my old doc doesn't

know how right I was. I'm just glad they pulled it off the market since so

many people have had BP and heart problems from it. I'm just very angry

that it wasn't done much sooner. There has been a lot of evidence pointing

to the dangerous side effects, and as far as I'm concerned the FDA took way

to long pulling it.

a

> a, when you went off Vioxx, did you switch to another anti-

> inflamatory and did your blood pressure stay normal? I've never

> taken Vioxx--I take Celebrex--but this still makes me a little

> nervous because I've had several friends tell me that their doctors

> say the two are virtually the same. I've never had a BP problem,

> though, except when I was taking Naprosyn.

>

>

[Guest guest]

My understanding is that all of the cox2s have the potential to increase blood

pressure, but no other studies HAVE BEEN DONE YET which show any of the others

cause the same jump in cardiovascular event risk that the Vioxx study showed.

Cary

[Guest guest]

My understanding is that all of the cox2s have the potential to increase blood

pressure, but no other studies HAVE BEEN DONE YET which show any of the others

cause the same jump in cardiovascular event risk that the Vioxx study showed.

Cary