MDcooper
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not sure ideally what should be the answer on the borads,but ethically and practically there is a huge debate going on regarding the use of vioxx and celebrex.The drugs that have been called off the market for safety purposes should not be asked on the exam and nor should be mentioned in the answer choices.Same case with the controversial theories and diseases where opinions vary are usually not asked.I hope someone has a better answer.Good luck
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| jvo_md
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Yes, MDcooper...But celecoxib is on the market again
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| AAAAA
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Celebrex has NEVER been taken off market.
The pharmaceutical company has volunteered
not to advertise for almosts 2 years until lately.
Celebrex has been back on all TV channels.
I believe in April, 2005, FDA has recommended
adding a BLACK BOX to celebrex as warning
for side-effects of MI, stroke and GI bleeding.
Celebrex is not a TRUE COX-2 !!!!!!!
The Board (NBME) did ask Celebrex back in
2001.
They have the right to ask any questions but
don't forget about 15% of all questions are
for research purposes and will be tested for
later on.
You will not know which question will not count
and which are the 15% of the questions used
for testing as future questions.
The dust is settled and Celbrex will stay
because it is not a true 100% COX-2 !
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| AAAAA
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In real world, many, many doctors actually avoid
writing prescription of Celebrex !
So it does not matter if Celebex has NEVER been taken off market.
The sale of Celebrex has cut to almosts nothing
despite it has NEVER been off market.
Most doctors just will not write Cerebrex for "new"
patients'.
Only those who are on Cerebrex and has very good response and monitor closely will be very carefully continue on this medication.
Actually there are soooooooo many drugs taken off
market every month, the Cipro antibiotics have gone through hell and so many of the antibiotics have been taken off market without fanfares!
There are actually 20 new drugs (I call those modified drugs) approved every week in America !
So imagine how many are taken off market every week !
The latest kid on the block is made by Merck:
Anti-HPV antibodies against cervical cancer
It will cover more than 70-80% of four major types of HPV (Group 8 ?, 17? 18? and one more ) Any help !
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