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Originally posted by sacX
there's an outside chance if vioxx is withdrawn, then scrutiny will go hard on celebrex, and it might also have to be withdrawn.
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Difficult to tell.
Drugs are pulled all the time, not to offten to they take out all meds int he same catagory. These drugs may be in the same catagory but that doesnt mean all drugs in the catagory are having the same effects.
Pretty slim chance..
FDA didnt pull the Vioxx, Merck pulled it.
Celebrex isnt about to pull thier product now.
Also the FDA has been warning Merck and the public for a while now of its ties to heart attacks. Something that hasnt been mentioned by the FDA with Celebrex..
There was bad news in the pipeline for Vioxx for a while now. They must have seen the FDA coming and took it off before the FDA would. The warnings have been there.