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Gents,
the vioxx issue has been there for over 2 years and finally a second study was done , for another reason, and the same 'bad' effects were noted. The big conference given by Capt. Frank Butler for the Tactical Combat Casualty Care has Vioxx as the preferred in theater oral med for pain control. As a heavy user of Cox-2 drugs, I use Bextra 20-40 mg for the same purpose as Vioxx (I have never prescribed Vioxx due to all thatI had learned about it...sorry TS, it's a dangerous drug, now verified. Bextra, like Celebrex has a significantly reduced incidence of stomach side effects (gastritis, ulcers, bleeding) and does NOT interfere with platelet function so that your blood will clot normally.
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'Revel in action, translate perceptions into instant judgements, and these into actions that are irrevocable, monumentous and dreadful - all this with lightning speed, in conditions of great stress and in an environment of high tension:what is expected of "us" is the impossible, yet we deliver just that.
(adapted from: Sherwin B. Nuland, MD, surgeon and author: The Wisdom of the Body, 1997 )
Education is the anti-ignorance we all need to better treat our patients. ss, 2008.
The blade is so sharp that the incision is perfect. They don't realize they've been cut until they're out of the fight: A Surgeon Warrior. I use a knife to defend life and to save it. ss (aka traumadoc)
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