My mom is just starting induction on Atkins. She tried it once before, but quite after a few weeks. Although she was achieving some success, and her fibromyalgia was improving, she said she had a very hard time mentally getting over the stigma of lots of meat and fat and lots of cholesterol in what she was eating. The "low fat" weight watchers way of doing things was just too firmly implanted.

Anyway, after me having experiences some success and obvious health benefits, she (and my dad) are just trying again.

She has asked me to try to find out for her if there are any implications of her taking VIOXX (not sure of the spelling sorry) while doing Atkins. I know that there are some resourceful people out here who might have some information about that. She is on 25 mg / day of VIOXX and she has felt some dramatic improvement in her pain since she started it and so she does not want to stop. My mom had to go on permanent disability 2 years ago because the pain was so bad and so unmanageable.

She says that the prescription warnings cite potential problems with liver and kidney function while on VIOXX and she certainly doesn't want to exacerbate that if a Ketogenic diet has the potential to make it worse.

Looking forward to some information.

Mari