Topol: Doctor Prescribes Post-Vioxx FDA Rx
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Cleveland Clinic cardiologist Eric Topol was one of the first to point out the potential heart risk of Merck&#39;s (nyse: MRK - news - people ) withdrawn Vioxx and Pfizer&#39;s (nyse: PFE - news - people ) Celebrex.
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Merck &amp; Co., which withdrew the Vioxx painkiller last month because of a heart risk, said yesterday that US regulators have asked for more safety data before they will approve the medicine&#39;s successor, Arcoxia.
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&quot;We were wrong about Vioxx, but you can trust us on all those other meds,&quot; the FDA seems to be saying. If you enjoy this article, you may also be interested in an article entitled &#39;The FDA remains in state of denial about drug safety questions.
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A day after a popular arthritis drug is pulled from pharmacy shelves, patients and doctors are trying to decide what to do next. Vioxx is an anti-inflammatory drug used to treat osteoarthritis, acute adult pain and menstrual pain.
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Washington - An expert with the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has said on Thursday he was pressured by his agency to stifle study results showing the potential dangers of the anti-inflammatory drug Vioxx.
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The US Food and Drug Administration is recommending physicians limit prescriptions for popular painkillers known as Cox-2 inhibitors after recent studies suggested they may increase the risk of heart attacks and strokes.
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U.S. Food and Drug Administration  Acting Commissioner Lester Crawford on Friday agreed to meet  with a top Republican lawmaker about the agency's handling of  safety concerns over Merck & Co Inc.'s now-withdrawn painkiller  Vioxx.
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Americans should feel reasonably safe taking government-approved prescription drugs - with a few caveats - even after a popular arthritis medication was pulled from the market, medical experts say. But the problems with Vioxx raise questions about the Food and Drug Administration's safety review process and the length of time it took Merck to pull the drug, observers say...
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The FDA issues a health advisory for a top Pfizer drug.
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The Food and Drug Administration has given a whistle-blower scientist permission to publish data indicating that as many as 139,000 people had heart attacks that may be linked to Vioxx, the scientist's lawyer said Monday.
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A doctor who first sounded an alarm about heart problems and the prescription pain killer Vioxx now is calling on the government to rein in aggressive prescription-drug advertising, a factor
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Americans should feel reasonably safe taking government-approved prescription drugs &#151; with a few caveats &#151; even after a popular arthritis medication was pulled from the market, medical experts say. But the problems with Vioxx raise questions about the Food and Drug Administration's safety review process and the length of time it took Merck to pull the drug, observers say.
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Across the United States, doctors are struggling to decide which pain relievers to prescribe now that they know that popular drugs like Vioxx and Celebrex pose potentially serious heart risks.
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Dr David Graham, associate director for science in the Office of Drug Safety at FDA, alleged in a &quot;series of testy e-mail exchanges&quot; that agency officials &quot;delayed and demeaned&quot; the results of a study he conducted that found Vioxx -- a COX-2 inhibitor
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ROCKVILLE, Md.  - The U.S. Food and Drug  Administration on Friday asked an outside group to review the  way the agency monitors safety risks of medicines after they  hit the market, such as Merck & Co. Inc.'s withdrawn painkiller  Vioxx.
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Pain relievers in the same class as Vioxx may not carry the same cardiovascular risk as the blockbuster drug that was withdrawn from the market three weeks ago, a U.S. regulator said on Wednesday.
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The Food and Drug Administration is now warning about heart risks related to the use of naproxen, a long-time popular pain killer sold over the counter, as well as a prescription-strength medication sold under various names.