the sole property of the drugcos.... they are not, they are not, they are not.... CoxII inhibitors EXIST IN NATURE.... they do EXACTLY the same thing that Celebrex and Vioxx do... not close to... not a little like them, but EXACTLY what they do... without increasing the chances of internal bleeding and or liver problems.
They exist, they are real, they are affordable... they are being used right now by hundreds of thousands of people around the world... problem is, they are needed by MILLIONS of people, and the only thing separating them from these products is INFORMATION.
A short list from the top of my head.... ginger, omega three oils, curcumin, tumeric, pycnogenol, vitamin C, Rosemary, Milk Thistle, Cat's Claw, etc....
There are many reputable companies out there producing formulas with several if not all of the preceding herbs/nutrients.
Read what is at these links and be free. This was written in 2000, so it just goes to show how ahead of the game Jack was and is.
http://www.stopinflammation.com/non-drug_remedies.html>>The motivation was profiting from a potentially huge market. An estimated 40 million Americans suffer from some form of arthritis. In a typical year, physicians write about 60 million prescriptions for NSAIDS - to say nothing of their over-the-counter sales. However, each year some half-million people develop complications from NSAIDS, with an estimated 80,000 people requiring hospitalization and 8,000 dying.
Though touted for their relative safety, Cox-2 inhibitors may be far more hazardous than originally believed. While gastrointestinal problems with Cox-2 inhibitors occur less frequently, they can be severe. Just four months after the FDA approved Celebrex, 10 deaths from the drug were reported. One study has even suggested that Cox-2 is important to the gut and healing ulcers, suggesting that pharmaceutical tampering with the enzyme may not be wise.<<
http://www.stopinflammation.com/articles.html