Vioxx is the SECOND leading drug for the relief of pain from arthritis. If you pay the usual retail price, it costs about $3.58 for one tablet per day. It is a prescription drug, and must be prescribed for you by a licensed physician.
This web site contains the official Company warnings and full product information that is typically not available to the public.
Vioxx is made by the same company making Celebrex and was introduced in about 1999. Sales world wide have already exceeded two billion dollars per year. Vioxx, like other drugs for Arthritis, has fallen into disfavor as new dangers, not revealed in the initial warnings that have been revealed.
There are better alternatives -- fully documented on this web site.
Vioxx has the dubious distinction of 1st place in the FDA's 'top suspects' list, as having the most spontaneous adverse events reported. Source
Vioxx was developed as a simple NSAID that would have less potential for gastrointestinal irritation compared to aspirin, ibuprofen, naproxen, etc. Source
Adverse Effects:
Serious cardiovascular thromboembolic adverse events (such as heart attacks, angina pectoris, and peripheral vascular events) Source