vioxx swimmer message: "I survived VIOXX"

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Hey everyone, I was on youtube just now watching Gerdicks swims and one of the related links was this video by a masters swimmer who was told to have heart damage because of Vioxx use...maybe he's among us? But I thought it was a kinda funny video--I took vioxx for 4years because of my shoulders during high school before it was removed so...I am sure there are the bunch of us out there who have used it as well.. youtube.com/watch
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    No drug is 100% safe. At age 74, my dad had an allergic reaction to Bactrim (a very common sulfa antibiotic). He had taken it many times before with no problem. He developed Stevens-Johnson Syndrome, a very rare disease usually triggered by an allergic reaction. It was fatal in his case.
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  • Former Member
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    No drug is 100% safe. At age 74, my dad had an allergic reaction to Bactrim (a very common sulfa antibiotic). He had taken it many times before with no problem. He developed Stevens-Johnson Syndrome, a very rare disease usually triggered by an allergic reaction. It was fatal in his case.
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