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megawill
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 Posted: 09/30/04 - 08:51 Post subject: Better go back to the Ibuprofen
Vioxx pulled from market
I was never convinced that this stuff did anything better than advil or aleve anyway....but i know that there are an awful lot of runners out there that swear by it...i'll guess they'll have to find something else...
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jrjo
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Posted: 09/30/04 - 09:22 Post subject:
What's up that you're medicating over?
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megawill
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Posted: 09/30/04 - 09:37 Post subject:
| jrjo wrote: | | What's up that you're medicating over? |
me, nothing. i try and avoid medication at all costs...though while marathon training, i'd take an aleve or two after a particularly hard workout...just thought that this story would be of general interest to the running community...
(now if they had a pill that would make my perpetually achy/pf ridden feet feel better)...
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cherylpf
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Posted: 09/30/04 - 09:51 Post subject:
Watch out overhead! MRK is rapidly falling!!!
I took Vioxx for 2 different injuries and it worked well for me. 
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Running Brewer
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Posted: 09/30/04 - 09:57 Post subject:
I took it and it did nothing for me, but get me sores in my mouth. I agree, I prefer to avoid medications at all costs.
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Cappy
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Posted: 09/30/04 - 12:59 Post subject:
| cherylpf wrote: | | I took Vioxx for 2 different injuries and it worked well for me. |
I took it for Hip Bursitits and it took the ache away. Although my ankles felt like iron
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Cappy
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Posted: 10/02/04 - 14:48 Post subject:
| cherylpf wrote: | | Watch out overhead! MRK is rapidly falling!!! |
Merck should come out of this okay. Vioxx only accounted for 11% of Merck's revenue's for 2003, and 12% of its EPS,
Merck also has a new drugs under development.
(source Barron's 10/04/2004)
I'd go long on Merck. They are a strong company and have the financial means to offset any loss of sales for the pulling of Vioxx from the market. In fact at $33.31 its a pretty good deal
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DCRunningDiva
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Posted: 10/14/04 - 08:12 Post subject:
| Running Brewer wrote: | | I took it and it did nothing for me, but get me sores in my mouth. I agree, I prefer to avoid medications at all costs. |
OMG!!!! You may have just answered my on-going question as to why there is this sore in my mouth!!!!!!!!!!! I have had it for months now and the doctors say it isn't cancerous or anything. BUT, I have been taking Vioxx (for the arthritis in my knee)! I have noticed lately that the sore is getting smaller (since Vioxx was pulled from the market). OMG!!!
BTW, Vioxx really helped me with my knee. The new meds I have don't work as well. 
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