'The world was shocked by the number of deaths caused Vioxx, but that number may be dwarfed by another NSAID, diclofenac. Vioxx was sold only by prescription. Diclofenac is sold both by prescription and over the counter.
The increased risk of heart attack from taking Vioxx is 45%, and the increased risk from diclofenac is 40%. Though the risk from diclofenac is slightly lower, over the counter sales have driven the number of doses taken enormously. Pulse, a publication for general practitioners in the UK, analyzed in January 2010 that the rise in over the counter sales was double the rate of the decrease in GP prescriptions. Therefore, heart attack deaths from diclofenac probably dwarf the Vioxx tragedy.
And our pharmaceutical regulating agencies have turned a blind eye to it, not even providing us with information to let us make rational decisions for ourselves.'
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