Rofecoxib for Migraine User Reviews

• kchan
• Taken for 2 to 5 years
• September 17, 2019

Vioxx (rofecoxib) "I miss this drug Vioxx, I cried when they took it off the market. My dr warned me a head of time it was gonna be pulled so he wrote a huge script for it and I had it filled before it all got recalled. So I had Vioxx 2 years after it was all off the market. It was the ONLY thing I've EVER had, including oxy, that has worked on migraines. I suffer chronic daily migraines and this let me function like a normal non migraine person. Also worked great on incidental injuries like when I broke all my toes and separated the 1st joints, controlled pain and swelling nicely as well as the migraine. The people ending up with the nasty side effects which were listed, were generally in the older demographic and already prone to those anyways. Coulda left the drug for us younguns. I was 22 when this was off the market. Wish they'd bring it back."

• vioxx...
• July 14, 2016

Vioxx (rofecoxib) "However, within four hours of taking vioxx my kidney started to bleed. It wasn't great amounts but the RBC's would fall down to the bottom of the toilet, I experienced extreme back pain to my kidney area and the blood (hematuria) stayed present in my urine for days. It was at first seen with the naked eye,but after a few days it was no longer visible by the naked eye but visible with microscope. I had no hx of kidney problems, no high bp and no CVA. But, in 2012 I experienced high blood pressure due to pain, and I had a CVA. I am now treated for high BP. I have no doubt as an RN that Vioxx caused damage to my kidney that just didn't surface for awhile, which in turn caused the CVA, after all, there are many places to hide in the kidney."