Life After Vioxx; If you've given up your Cox-2 inhibitor, take heart. There are other ways to fight pain and inflammation.

Publication: Newsweek

Publication Date: 31-JAN-05

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Byline: Anne Underwood

Plenty of patients panicked last fall when Vioxx was pulled from the market and questions began swirling around the related drugs Celebrex and Bextra. Peg Cushman, 56, of Freeport, Maine, didn't need to fret. She had tried Celebrex for a back problem, and though it worked fine, she didn't like the idea of relying on it. Thumbing through a book called "Dr. Duke's Essential Herbs," she read that the curry spice turmeric possessed anti-inflammatory powers and decided to give it a try. She switched to a gram a day and never looked back. That was six years ago. "Is it perfect?" she says. "No. In our culture, we want all the pain to go away. But it's worked well enough that I don't see a need to...

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