[Sarajevo]

R_D, you're think of Bextra, which was another very good medication to relieve arthritic pain. Truthfully, when I was working overseas, I loved Vioxx and Bextra. I was able to prescribe it to my guys and keep them on the job instead of having them go to narcotic analgesics and be sent home. I'm not a fan of how it was railroaded and removed from use.

I also use glucosamine/chondroitin, along with some heavy duty NSAIDS to relieve my chronic back pain. I don't believe in it, but they seem to work.

I'll be heading to my PCM next week to have an assessment and figure out a strategy to nip the problem in the bud before I can no longer walk.

[rightly_dividing]

Vioxx made my legs swell, so they changed me to Celebrex 15 years ago or so. It is pricy, but at this point I would do nearly anything to have reasonable mobility again. I have told my ortho docs in 2 states that if a cure or major relief med is coming down the pipes, to throw my name in the hat for the clinical testing.

How are the peppers doing?