Reply #33: This isn't really news

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The COX-2 inhibitors, such as Bextra, Celebrex and Vioxx were specifically researched so as to minimize the danger of gastric bleeding by ulcers created by aspirin and NSAIDs. However, as we've already noted, these drugs carry their own problems.

Many people with significant arthritis or pain issues are losing many of the medications which have helped them all along, and which there appears to be no alternative--deal with the pain, or die another way. Acetaminophen (Tylenol) does not reduce the inflammation of arthritis, though it does deal with some pain issues, and it will eventually cause liver damage.

While many people are living far longer than our grandparents' generation did, we're dealing with lower quality of life at the same time.