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• For 66 million people with arthritis or joint pain, treatment has never been more confusing.
• A few years ago, they were told that a new generation of medications (COX-2 inhibitors) would be safer than the drugs they used to take.
• Then Merck, the maker of Vioxx, pulled this popular pain reliever off the market because it was found to cause heart attacks and strokes.
• · More information is available in the Graedons' Guide to Alternatives for Arthritis newsletter.
• For a copy, send $3 by check or money order with a long (No. 10) self-addressed and stamped (60 cents) envelope to: Graedons' People's Pharmacy, No. B-67, P.O. Box 52027, Durham, N.C. 27717-2027.
• Rather, the panel noted that the entire category, including Celebrex and Bextra, should come with strong warnings about heart attacks and strokes.
• FDA safety officer David Graham, M.D., has estimated that as many as 140,000 people may have suffered heart attacks while taking Vioxx.
• The new guidelines will probably suggest that these COX-2 inhibitors are most appropriate when people take them at the lowest possible dose for the shortest period of time.
• And those with heart-disease risk factors may be encouraged to avoid them completely.
• Anyone who would like a copy, please send $3 in check or money order with a long (No. 10), stamped (60 cents), self-addressed envelope to: Graedons' People's Pharmacy, No. AA-2, P.O. Box 52027, Durham, NC 27717-2027.
• For those who need NSAIDs, it might be possible to protect the stomach from damage.
• For decades we encouraged people to save money by requesting generics whenever possible.
• I was unable to do so, and as a result my breasts became swollen and extremely painful.

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