Vioxx Alternatives

Many people now will be looking for Vioxx alternatives in light of the news on Sept 30th, 2004.

On that day, Vioxx created quite a stir in the media when Merck pharmaceuticals announced it was pulling the blockbuster arthritis drug off the market.

Vioxx belongs to a class of drugs called COX-2 inhibitors. These drugs are prescribed for the management of arthritis pains.

One of the vioxx alternatives is another prescription COX-2 inhibitor called Celebrex.

Even though Celebrex is still being prescribed for the treatment of arthritis pains, certain experts believe there may be similar risks involved.

However, only time will tell if celebrex does indeed have similar side effects. As of right now, it is deemed a safe vioxx alternative. Talk to your doctor is your thinking about switching to Celebrex.

Why was vioxx recalled? Why are people now looking for vioxx alternatives? Because extensive data from scientific studies have now shown that vioxx is linked to an increased rate of heart attacks, strokes, and blood clots.

We here at Beat-Your-Health-Condition have a strong preference for natural therapies.

Therefore, we will discuss a couple of the best remedies that many people have used for safe, relief of arthritis pains.

- Turmeric is a perennial native to India, and has a long history of use in India's Ayurvedic medicine.

A compound called curcumin is a potent extract of the root, and has been discovered to have strong anti-inflammatory properties, which may help mitigate arthritis (and other bodily) pains.

Some natural medicine experts, in fact, believe it has COX-2 inhibiting properties (Vioxx is a synthetic COX-2 inhibitor).

Turmeric may have many other health benefits as well.

People in India use it frequently as a spice in their foods, and suffer much lower rates of other degenerative diseases, such as Alzheimer's than we do in the Western world.

- Omega 3 fatty acids, such as those found in cod liver oil and fish oils have been shown to reduce inflammation, and, therefore, may be of benefit to those with arthritis pains.

Indeed, fish oil has been shown to have benefits for rheumatoid arthritis in studies.

We here at Beat-Your-Health-Conditon personally take a product called Total Balance from Xtend-Life Natural Products that contains Turmeric (Curcumin) and their Fish Oil Supplements, which are produced from pristine deep Ocean New Zealand fish, and then molecularly distilled for purity.
Total Balance contains many other potent anti-inflammatories, and each ingredient within the product is backed by extensive scientific clinical studies.

Also at their website are links to independent studies showing the benefits of fish oil supplements for arthritis pains.

Many people will now be looking for vioxx alternatives to help mitigate their arthritis pains....but, to us, it makes a lot more sense to use products that will actually also help improve, not impair, your overall health.