Vioxx Research Today is a free monthly online journal that collates and summarizes the latest research about Vioxx, including details on osteoarthritis, side-effects, trials, stroke, heart attack.

Volume 2 (2005), Issue 12 (December)

1. Protective effect of cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2) inhibitors but not non-selective cyclooxygenase (COX)-inhibitors on ethanol withdrawal-induced behavioural changes.
   Addict Biol, 10(4): 329-35. [Abstract] [Full-text]
2. Risk of adverse gastrointestinal outcomes in patients taking cyclo-oxygenase-2 inhibitors or conventional non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs: population based nested case-control analysis.
   BMJ, 331(7528): 1310-6. [Abstract] [Full-text]
3. Activation of CB(1) and CB(2) receptors attenuates the induction and maintenance of inflammatory pain in the rat.
   Pain, 118(3): 327-35. [Abstract] [Full-text]
4. Expression of Concern: Bombardier et al., "Comparison of Upper Gastrointestinal Toxicity of Rofecoxib and Naproxen in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis," N Engl J Med 2000;343:1520-8.
   N Engl J Med. [Abstract] [Full-text]
5. Assessment of the effects of the cyclooxygenase-2 inhibitor rofecoxib on visuospatial learning and hippocampal cell death following kainate-induced seizures in the rat.
   Brain Res Cogn Brain Res, 25(3): 826-32. [Abstract] [Full-text]
6. Comparison of the COX-inhibiting nitric oxide donator AZD3582 and rofecoxib in treating the signs and symptoms of Osteoarthritis of the knee.
   Arthritis Rheum, 53(6): 827-37. [Abstract] [Full-text]
7. Prospective randomized, double-blinded, placebo-controlled trial of preoperative rofecoxib for pain relief in uterine curettage.
   Arch Gynecol Obstet, 273(2): 115-8. [Abstract] [Full-text]
8. Use of cyclooxygenase-2 inhibitor for prevention of urethral strictures secondary to transurethral resection of the prostate.
   Urology, 66(6): 1218-22. [Abstract] [Full-text]
9. Efficacy and safety of fast-track recovery strategy for patients undergoing laparoscopic nephrectomy.
   J Endourol, 19(10): 1165-9. [Abstract] [Full-text]
10. A new therapeutic approach in patients with advanced sarcoma.
    Int J Clin Oncol, 10(6): 438-40. [Abstract] [Full-text]
11. Gabapentin: an alternative to the cyclooxygenase-2 inhibitors for perioperative pain management.
    Anesth Analg, 102(1): 175-81. [Abstract] [Full-text]
12. Pharmacological strategies for the prevention of Alzheimer's disease.
    Expert Opin Pharmacother, 7(1): 1-10. [Abstract] [Full-text]
13. Worsening effect of partial sleep deprivation on indomethacin-induced gastric mucosal damage.
    Pharmacol Biochem Behav, 82(3): 515-21. [Abstract] [Full-text]
14. Methodology of therapeutic trials: lessons from the late evidence of the cardiovascular toxicity of some coxibs.
    Joint Bone Spine, 72(6): 451-5. [Abstract] [Full-text]

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