I am not sure if I understood right what Dr. Nissen wants to achieve with this study of pain killers. Is he going to restore the sale of the Vioxx? It was block buster drug in the past. I understood that this pain killer increases the risk of stroke and heart attack.
I think that Dr. Nissen believes that limited dose of the pain killer such is Vioxx is safe. He recommends the 12.5 mg dose as the dose that he would be comfortable with. I am not sure if he already accomplished this or is still just study. I only read an article about this. This guy is from Cleveland I think.