Arthritis drug removed for safety
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Drug company Merck has removed its painkiller Vioxx because of data showing an increased risk of heart attack and stroke.
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Merck & Co Inc. Thursday pulled its  arthritis drug Vioxx off the market because it increases the  risk of heart attack and stroke, a move that sent its shares  plunging, erasing $25 billion of its market value.
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WASHINGTON -- A major maker of generic AIDS medicines voluntarily removed all its antiretrovirals from the World Health Organization's list of approved drugs yesterday, a move that could potentially affect tens of thousands of AIDS patients in poor countries who have only recently entered treatment.
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TORONTO (CP) - The arthritis medication at the centre of one of the biggest drug recalls in history was associated with dozens of heart problems and strokes - at least four of them fatal - during the study that led to its demise.
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TRENTON, NJ -- Merck &amp; Co. withdrew best-selling arthritis drug Vioxx on Thursday after a study showed the drug doubled the risk of heart attacks and strokes.
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The FDA (USA) says it did not try to suppress the findings of a safety official regarding the Vioxx painkiller. Vioxx was taken off the market last week because the drug increases a patient&#39;s risk of having a heart attack.
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NEW YORK  - A new study of a device that  removes certain immune system components from the blood  supports its safety and effectiveness as a treatment for  rheumatoid arthritis that doesn't respond to heavy-duty  anti-rheumatic drugs, investigators report.
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Ever since Vioxx was pulled from the market over concerns about a risk of heart attack and stroke, arthritis patients have been asking doctors one question: What should I do now?
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Users of an anti-arthritis drug linked by a study to an increased risk of heart attacks and strokes have been urged not to panic. The UK Department of Health said users of Celebrex, manufactured by US drug
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The arthritis drug Vioxx, used by millions of people around the world, is being pulled off the market after a study confirmed long-standing concerns that it raises the risk of heart attack and stroke, the manufacturer, Merck & Co. , said on Thursday.
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Many arthritis sufferers who took the drug Vioxx for severe pain are having trouble finding effective treatment alternatives since the drug was taken off the market by its manufacturer, doctors say.
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A popular painkiller is being withdrawn from the market over concerns about links with overdoses.
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The removal of the painkiller from the market served as a reminder that new drugs sometimes turn out to have unforeseen side effects after a few years of widespread use.
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Celebrex, the most widely prescribed drug to treat arthritis has been linked to an increased risk of heart attack and strokes when taken in high doses.
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Vioxx, the blockbuster arthritis drug heavily promoted on TV and taken by some 2 million people worldwide, was pulled from the market by its maker yesterday after a study found it doubled the risk of heart attacks and strokes.
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Vioxx and other pain-relieving drugs have given many people with chronic pain the chance to resume normal lives. But an increase in heart attacks among users of the popular arthritis drug led the manufacturer to pull it from the market and has cast a shadow over similar medications.
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The arthritis drug Vioxx, used by  millions of people around the world, is being pulled off the  market after a study confirmed long-standing concerns that it  raises the risk of heart attack and stroke, the manufacturer,  Merck & Co. MRK.N, said on Thursday.