"A research director for Pfizer was positively buoyant after reading that
an important medical conference had just featured a study claiming that
the new arthritis drug Celebrex was safer on the stomach than more
established drugs. “They swallowed our story, hook, line and sinker,” he
wrote in an e-mail to a colleague. The truth was that Celebrex was no
better at protecting the stomach from serious complications than other
drugs. It appeared that way only because Pfizer and its partner,
Pharmacia, presented the results from the first six months of a yearlong
study rather than the whole thing."
Read article in the New York Times (USA)
Really I don't think arthritis painkilling drugs are worth the candle.
They've done a great deal of harm over the years. See my posts about Vioxx, for example.
You can reduce the pain of osteoarthritis by the simple expedient of seriously cutting down on salt and salty food.
This dietary measure also lowers high blood pressure, reduces your risk
of heart attack, stroke, depression, fractures, some cancers and many
other degenerative illnesses, as well as reducing excess weight caused
by fluid retention and helping with breathing problems. - What's not to
like? - Try it! - You will feel so much better!
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