$253 million Vioxx verdict

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One of my friends who is an orthopedic surgeon gets asked about it all the time. He has a lot of patients with chronic back pain who are interested in anything non-narcotic that could help. He said that he'd have no problem prescribing it to these patients who really have no good alternatives, but only after making sure that they have nothing in their medical history that would make it seem like a bad idea and advising them about the risks.

I took Vioxx once myself, and I agree that it was great in terms of pain relief. However, it gave me really bad edema that I didn't think it was worth it.