Not to mention that short term use has been shown to be pretty much safe. There are certain injuries to which Vioxx works extraordinarily well, and people who want to take it for a few weeks should be able to.
My wife took vioxx for five years and was able to live a better life that she is today. She was taking a low dosage and never seemed to have a problem. She osteoarthritis what the drug was put on the market for. It work so well for this group of people it was being used as a pain killer. Celbrex does not work as well. She will gladly start taking the drug when it returns to the market.