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Relief pitchers.

Publication: Texas Monthly
Publication Date: 01-MAR-05
Format: Online - approximately 525 words
Delivery: Immediate Online Access
Full Article Title: Relief pitchers.(Minister of health: Jim Atkinson cures what ails us.)

Article Excerpt
Ever since the pharmaceutical giant Merck withdrew its famed pain reliever Vioxx from the market last fall, the roughly four million Texas adults who suffer from arthritis have been left with a confounding conundrum: Are any company's pain pills safe these days? After all, Vioxx was supposed to be a miracle drug. It's not addictive (like opiates), and it causes less stomach ulceration than aspirin or ibuprofen. But a study that linked Vioxx users to a greater...

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