COX-2 Inhibitor drugs

This group of drugs called COX-2 Inhibitor drugs has raised much concern among the public and the Food and Drug Adminstration (FDA). Although they were approved by the FDA, more extensive research has shown that these drugs actually causes more harm to the health of the patients.

In actual fact, they increase the risk of heart attack and stroke and Bextra may even cause fatal skin reactions.

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Recently, Pfizer has already been fined $2.3 billion because of their fraudulent acts. They promoted Bextra for uses and dosages not sanctioned by the FDA, as mentioned by the Justic Department earlier on the 2 September.

The main reasons why Pfizer is doing all these despite the fact the drug Bextra might actually cause deaths and other insidious damage to the body is because these drugs are out of the 4-6% approved out of all the drugs they created. Also, it costs Pfizer billions of dollars every single year just to research on new drugs and yet only 4-6% of these drugs are approved. Naturally, they will have to market it aggressively to earn back the money lost as a result of these major disapprovals by the FDA. Effectively, they cost 10-15 times more than the NSAIDS. But no fear, the physicians and salesperson at Upjohn and Pharmacia have agreed to help misbrand these drugs to the patients with tthe intent to mislead.

Of course, such acts are bound to be condemned by the society because it is causing such harm to the patients when they are already ill. It is no doubt true that some patients do not mind the after-effects because they believe that these drugs can effectively stop their chronic pain for a while. However, when it comes to ethical issues, Pfizer has just committed an immoral act.