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What is Vioxx?

Vioxx was a brand name for the drug rofecoxib, a non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug used in the treatment of athritis and other painful conditions. It was withdrawn from the market in 2004 following concerns about an increased risk of stroke and heart attack.

Reported Purpose & Efficacy

Reasons and Efficacy
Purpose # of patients
# of patients with evaluations Efficacy
Major
Moderate
Slight
None
Can’t tell
Muscle pain 4 1 Efficacy_major
Pain 2 1 Efficacy_cant_tell
Other 1 0
Fatigue 1 0
Pain throughout body 1 0
Depressed mood 1 0

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Reported Side Effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Severe
 0
Moderate
 0
Mild
 0
None
 2

Reported Stop Reasons

Why Patients Stopped Taking Vioxx (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Doctor's advice 5   Doctor's advice: 45%
Other 4   Other: 36%
Personal research 3   Personal research: 27%
Did not seem to work 2   Did not seem to work: 18%
Side effects too severe 1   Side effects too severe: 9%

See all 11 patients who’ve stopped taking Vioxx

Reported Duration See details about how long patients take this treatment ▼

Stopped Taking Vioxx

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0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more
0

Reported Adherence, Burden & Cost See details from patient evaluations ▼

Adherence

Taking treatment as prescribed

Adherence of Vioxx

Always
 2 100%
Usually
 0 0%
Sometimes
 0 0%
Never
 0 0%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Burden of Vioxx

Very
 0 0%
Somewhat
 0 0%
A little
 1 50%
Not at all
 1 50%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

Cost of Vioxx

$200+
 0 0%
$100-199
 0 0%
$50-99
 0 0%
$25-49
 0 0%
< $25
 1 100%

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Report created on May 24, 2012.