Just got back on line after being OOTL for a while. Saw the Viox thread and couldn't resist passing on my own experiences. I recently (18 months ago) had a heart attack. Not something a 44 y/o male in reasonably good shape expects - in fact it happened while running PT (I'll never do that again - always thought it could kill you, now I know it can!). While at UNC Chapel Hill being treated for it the attending CC Nurse ran through the usual patient questionaire and when we got to drugs she expressed a very negative reaction to the fact that I was on Viox and had been for about three months prior to the MI. At the advise of the attending Cardiac Team I immediately quit taking the Viox. Apparently the cardiac community has known/suspected something like this for quite some time. Like most of us I was prescribed Viox for the usual aches & pains as an alternative to the 800mg Ibuprofen. No, it didn't eat holes in my stomach but now I'm wondering what else it might have done/contributed to. At the time it was the drug of choice in the Bragg medical community for long term relief of "arthritic" symptoms. Personally I'm back to living with it and escalating through Motrin, Naprosyn, and Tramadol on the bad days. I'm sure most of us will agree winter/bad weather just isn't much fun anymore.
FWIW, Peregrino