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Another cox-2 withdrawn

Discussion in 'General Issues and Discussion Forum' started by Admin2, Aug 11, 2007.

  1. Admin2

    Admin2 Administrator Staff Member

  2. Admin2

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  3. Admin2

    Admin2 Administrator Staff Member

    Press Realease:
    Medicines Regulator cancels registration of anti inflammatory drug, Lumiracoxib
    11 August 2007
     
  4. Admin2

    Admin2 Administrator Staff Member

    Novartis Australia have just released a statement:
    MEDIA RELEASE
    SATURDAY AUGUST 11 2007
    Novartis withdraws Prexige® (lumiracoxib) in Australia in response to decision from Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA)
     
  5. Admin2

    Admin2 Administrator Staff Member

    The Australian Medical Association have now weighed in:
    Calm urged over anti-inflammatory drug deaths
     
  6. Admin2

    Admin2 Administrator Staff Member

    And now the political ramifications...

    ABC are reporting:
    Govt quizzed over arthritis drug deaths
     
  7. William Fowler

    William Fowler Active Member

    Is this just affecting Australia? I can't find any notice for the UK.
     
  8. Admin2

    Admin2 Administrator Staff Member

    I have checked all the usual sources and no other country have acted on this yet. In fact the, this is from only two weeks ago in Canada:
    They are expanding its use!. Full story.
     
  9. LuckyLisfranc

    LuckyLisfranc Well-Known Member

    Just returned from the ACPS conference in Adelaide, where one of the presenters was Professor Lloyd Sampson, who is a member of the PBS advisory committee here in Australia. A fantastic speaker and supporter of podiatric surgery.

    He also raised this on Saturday, and in a politically correct manner, predicted that this was now likely to be the final nail in the coffin for COX-2 inhibitors worldwide. It will be unlikely that government bodies will now dare take a risk in allowing these products back on the market, and it would have to be a real miracle pill with over-the-top clinical evidence to convince governments otherwise.

    Goodbye COX-2's; and back to naprosyn, ibuprofen and the like.

    LL
     
  10. footman1972

    footman1972 Active Member

    Whilst the deaths that have been reported following use of COX-2 inhibitors are tragic, the reaction of the regulators, drug manufacturers and lawyers are possibly even more so. We'll now never know the exact risk of liver disease that this drug causes, and this denies many patients with chronic pain the opportunity for a better quality of life. In a calmer, less litigious world, patients could make an informed choice as to whether they were willing to accept the small risks associated with a treatment in return for the overwhelming benefits it offered. Just look at the massive class actions against Pfizer when Vioxx was pulled - everyone now wants a risk-free life and there's plenty of lawyers willing to fight their cause if things go wrong.

    I'll get off my soapbox now - that was a bit of a rant for a Monday morning :)
     
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