Comments on: What patients should do if Vioxx, Celebrex or Bextra are banned http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2004/12/patients-vioxx-celebrex-bextra-banned.html Tue, 14 Feb 2012 19:56:00 +0000 hourly 1 By: Corihttp://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2004/12/patients-vioxx-celebrex-bextra-banned.html#comment-52167 Cori Wed, 23 Feb 2005 13:27:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/kevinmd/2004/12/preparing-for-the-cox-2-fallout.html#comment-52167 I'd like the answer to that question myself. I thought the FDA decision -- that balancing risk vs. quality of life was a decision for patient and doctor -- was actually one that assumed patients could think for themselves. It shocked me; that certainly isn't what me expect from government agencies these days and it isn't what the media feeding frenzies push government agencies towards.<br /><br />Also, my understanding was that for very long term use the whole pt of switching to the COX-2s was to get patients off Lodine b/c the risk of ultimately developing GI problems was so much higher with Lodine. Are you suggesting it's comparable? I’d like the answer to that question myself. I thought the FDA decision — that balancing risk vs. quality of life was a decision for patient and doctor — was actually one that assumed patients could think for themselves. It shocked me; that certainly isn’t what me expect from government agencies these days and it isn’t what the media feeding frenzies push government agencies towards.

Also, my understanding was that for very long term use the whole pt of switching to the COX-2s was to get patients off Lodine b/c the risk of ultimately developing GI problems was so much higher with Lodine. Are you suggesting it’s comparable?

]]> By: Anonymoushttp://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2004/12/patients-vioxx-celebrex-bextra-banned.html#comment-52159 Anonymous Tue, 22 Feb 2005 06:37:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/kevinmd/2004/12/preparing-for-the-cox-2-fallout.html#comment-52159 This is Douglas at Belief Seeking Understanding. You seem to believe that the COX-2s will be withdrawn from the market. Do you consider that a good thing?<br /><br />When reading your post, I saw a picture in my mind's eye of a tree with "COX-2 user" at the root, and the various branches were the result of various conditions. A computer person would weight the branches of such a tree to see what the distribution of the leaves (final prescriptions) would be.<br /><br />Will the COX-2 users be about as well off as they were before? Inquiring minds want to know! This is Douglas at Belief Seeking Understanding. You seem to believe that the COX-2s will be withdrawn from the market. Do you consider that a good thing?

When reading your post, I saw a picture in my mind’s eye of a tree with “COX-2 user” at the root, and the various branches were the result of various conditions. A computer person would weight the branches of such a tree to see what the distribution of the leaves (final prescriptions) would be.

Will the COX-2 users be about as well off as they were before? Inquiring minds want to know!

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