Orthopedic Surgeon Blasts Vioxx® and COX-2 Inhibitors
MD says, “I lost a parent to Vioxx®.”
Tampa, FL (PRWEB via PR Web Direct)
October 21, 2004 -- A Toronto-based medical doctor, and orthopedic surgeon, Dr.
Kamille Ramsundar, blasted Merck & Co’s Vioxx® and the entire class of COX-2
inhibitors, including Celebrex®, in a taped telephone interview with
StockInterview.com. Dr. Ramsundar said, “Vioxx® is a medication that I knew all
along that would have given, and would have had, problems. All of the clinical
studies have shown that it affects the renal area. As I have indicated
previously, it is something very close to my heart because I had a lost a
parent, who used Vioxx® extensively. Even with all the warnings, it was still
prescribed to him. He took it. The immediate relief was there, but the long term
impact on the body itself and the renal system was irreversible… Vioxx® is not
going to come back on the market right away. It will take quite a few
years.”
Dr. Ramsundar, also with the Canadian Institute of Orthopaedics,
also criticized Pfizer’s Celebrex®, saying: “I feel very much the same way about
Celebrex® as I feel about Vioxx®. All of the questions that are being asked
right now are the same questions of Vioxx®. What are the symptoms? Nobody seems
to be able to tell you. What is the long-term impact? I think we all know what
that impact will be. It does affect the renal system.”
Dr. Ramsundar
recently announced that he endorses the O24® product, an all natural pain relief
topical analgesic as an alternative to COX-2 Inhibitors and NSAIDs. The entire
interview can be viewed at: http://www.stockinterview.com/swiss-medica-ramsundar.html
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(Source:
StockInterview.com)
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