Trial Results Will Help In Treatment Of Arthritis

... Rates of heart attack, stroke or death in patients with arthritis on the COX-2 inhibitor etoricoxib are similar to those in patients on the NSAID* diclofenac, according to an Online/Article published November 13, 2006 by The Lancet. However, the drugs, which are both types of painkiller, were found to have different rates of other side-effects. [click link for full article] ...