Vioxx Withdrawal Highlights Potential Problems With Prescription ...
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With Merck&#39;s recent withdrawal of arthritis medication Vioxx from the market, &quot;prescription drug promotions of all kinds -- the celebrity pitches, the glossy television and magazine ads, the freebies to doctors -- are likely to come under new scrutiny as
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ASK YOUR DOCTOR ABOUT VIOXX . . . but not for the reasons Merck &amp; Co. recommends. Last week a Food and Drug Administration (FDA) study found a link with heart attacks, and several large health insurers said
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NEW YORK (CBS) The recent recall of the arthritis drug Vioxx has a lot of patients worried about the contents of their medicine cabinets and wondering what the alternatives might be.
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NEW YORK - In the wake of Merck&#39;s Vioxx debacle, doctors are scrambling to understand why the drug doubled the risk of heart attacks and strokes--and how to know if other medicines carry similar risks.
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By Rosie Murray-West, City Correspondent (Filed: 01/10/2004). US pharmaceutical giant Merck lost about a quarter of its value yesterday after it pulled arthritis drug Vioxx owing to concerns over heart attacks as a side-effect.
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ORLANDO, Fla. -- With the arthritis drug Vioxx forced off pharmacy shelves due to potentially deadly side effects, FDA insiders are warning about other dangerous prescription drugs.
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Since Vioxx was withdrawn from the market in September, Olga Morales has been feeling the pain. Without medication, she said, her osteoarthritis feels like &quot;having a constant toothache all over your body.
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Merck&#39;s (MRK :NYSE - news - research) decision to withdraw its popular arthritis drug Vioxx from the market in late September has raised questions about the process leading up to its regulatory approval in 1999 as well as the importance of subsequent
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NEW YORK - Merck &amp; Co.&#39;s decision to pull its Vioxx anti-arthritis drug from the markets because of severe side effects left the pharmaceutical sector mixed Thursday.
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An analysis in a prominent medical journal reports that the painkiller Vioxx demonstrated an increased risk of heart attack four years ago and should have been withdrawn long before Sept.
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Merck &amp; Co.&#39;s Vioxx painkiller showed heart risk in studies four years before the drug was recalled, and it should have been pulled from the market then, according to a study published in the medical journal Lancet.
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Tampa, Florida - If you or someone you know is taking the arthritis drug, Vioxx, itâs been pulled from the market. The manufacturer, Merck &amp; Co.
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An Oregon man stopped taking the painkiller Vioxx when it was pulled from the market, switching to Bextra. Then questions about Bextra -- and four other drugs -- sent him back to his doctor with a new set of worries.
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Merck Labs has pulled Vioxx, their arthritis drug, off the market after discovering during trials the possibility of a link to stroke or heart attack.
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The abrupt withdrawal last week of the best-selling painkiller Vioxx is an event rich in ironies and lessons.
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Last weekâs dramatic withdrawal of the COX-2 inhibitor rofecoxib (Vioxx) is discussed in this weekâs lead editorial in THE LANCET, which comments that more vigilant drug licensing is vital to prevent the endangering of patientsâ health.
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It might not just be Vioxx that carries a risk of heart problems. Scientists and European regulators say users of similar pain-relief medications also may have cause for concern.