If osteoarthritis pain keeps you from the activities you enjoy most, there are things you can do about it. This site is designed to help you learn about managing your pain—and to tell you about VIOXX, a prescription medicine that can provide relief for osteoarthritis, the most common type of arthritis.

Spend a few minutes looking through the information provided, then discuss it with your doctor. Information about your osteoarthritis, combined with a medicine like VIOXX, can help make it easier to do the things you want to do

VIOXX Can Provide 24-Hour Relief of Osteoarthritis Pain to Help You Enjoy Everyday Things Again

Managing pain isn’t about being able to climb Mount Everest or run a marathon. It’s about controlling the pain that keeps you from doing simple things, like taking a walk or bending down to build sand castles with your child.

VIOXX can help you do the things you enjoy, with all-day, all-night relief. One little tablet, taken just once a day, can provide 24-hour relief from osteoarthritis pain. And VIOXX can be taken with or without food, so you don’t have to worry about scheduling it around meals.

In rare cases, serious stomach problems, such as bleeding, can occur without warning. People with allergic reactions, such as asthma, to aspirin or other arthritis medicines should not take VIOXX.

One Pill for 24-Hour Relief

In clinical studies lasting up to 21 months, osteoarthritis patients taking 1 small tablet of VIOXX reported a significant reduction in arthritis pain. Once-daily VIOXX continued to provide relief from pain for the length of the studies.

So VIOXX can help make it easier for you to do the things you want to do—like sitting down on the grass to watch your kid’s soccer game—with all-day and all-night relief.

Why let pain force you to put the things you enjoy most on hold? One tablet of VIOXX, once a day, can provide 24-hour relief of osteoarthritis symptoms to help you do the things you enjoy. Only your healthcare provider can decide if VIOXX is right for you.

Why Is Chronic Pain So Hard to Treat?
Despite all of the remarkable progress in many areas of medicine in the recent past, pain remains one of the most difficult medical conditions to treat. This is especially true of chronic pain, which is prolonged pain caused by disease or pain that persists after an acute injury has healed. There are several reasons why:

• Precise medical evaluation of pain and its causes is often difficult.
• The type and intensity of pain can vary from one person to another.
• Different people respond differently to treatment.

If you are like most people who have a chronic painful condition, your pain just won't go away and may actually make it hard for you to lead your life as you would like to.

What Else Might I Do to Manage My Pain?
Pain medication is only one way to manage pain effectively. There are some changes you can make in your daily life to help keep your pain under control. Your doctor may also recommend a number of other ways to control pain. Talk with your doctor about a daily plan that can help you.

What You Can Do:

• Learn more about your condition
• Take your medicine as recommended by your doctor
• Get plenty of sleep
• Use pain-friendly devices, like can openers and doorknob attachments
• Wear clothing with zippers instead of buttons

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