title: Ask the doctor. The news that Vioxx was pulled from the market rattled me, since I had been taking it for my arthritis for almost two years. I have heard both that it is okay for people like me with heart disease to take one of the other Vioxx-like drugs and that it isn't okay. What do you recommend?
authors.forename: Thomas H
authors.initials: TH
authors.lastname: Lee
mesh_terms: D000894:Anti-Inflammatory Agents, Non-Steroidal / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D016861:Cyclooxygenase Inhibitors / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006801:Humans; D007783:Lactones / Q000009:adverse effects; D013450:Sulfones / Q000009:adverse effects
chemical_list: D000894:Anti-Inflammatory Agents, Non-Steroidal; D016861:Cyclooxygenase Inhibitors; D007783:Lactones; D013450:Sulfones; C116926:rofecoxib