Vaccines lost in shadows of Vioxx
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LEADING medical journal editors and lawmakers have rightfully focused a spotlight on how well the Food and Drug Administration monitors the safety of drugs after they are approved.
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For years, Americans have been popping painkillers like they were candy to treat everything from headaches to arthritis. But new data show America's love affair with the medications may have cooled off after the blockbuster drug Vioxx was pulled from the market over safety concerns.
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Most analysts and doctors had not expected the FDA to give Arcoxia a green light now because Merck pulled Vioxx from the market last month after a study showed it doubled patients risk of heart attacks and strokes.
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PHOENIX - Pharmacists stopped dispensing Vioxx and patients began asking their doctors about alternatives to the popular anti-pain drug after Merck & Co. pulled it from the market because new data found it doubled the risk of heart attacks and strokes...
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It is no surprise that many Americans who rely on painkillers to ease their way through the day feel lost at the moment. Not only have Vioxx, Celebrex and Bextra, the only three drugs in a class thought to
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Keith Stubblefield went to his doctor complaining of headaches and back pain in February 2001. He left the office with samples of Vioxx and a prescription for more.
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Its products have relieved pain and suffering, and prolonged life for hundreds of millions of consumers. If you&#39;ve been following the Vioxx &quot;scandal,&quot; Merck is now in the cross-hairs of plaintiffs&#39; attorneys, politicians and certain elements of the FDA.
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Now that Merck has removed Vioxx from the market, drugs in the same class - both available and awaiting approval - are undergoing renewed scrutiny.
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Prescription-drug recalls aren&#39;t common, and they&#39;re almost always controversial. Now that Merck (MRK ) is voluntarily withdrawing its Vioxx pain medication around the world, due to a heightened risk of cardiovascular
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The withdrawal of Vioxx from the market in September and more recent concerns about its cousin Bextra have raised safety questions about this entire class of painkillers
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The Food and Drug Administration insists that until pharmaceutical giant Merck presented new information this week, there was not enough evidence to pull the arthritis drug Vioxx off the market.
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Merck officials had evidence far back as 2001 that Vioxx might not help thousands of users of the arthritis and pain drug.
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Consumers can be excused if the Cox 2 painkiller debacle has left them scratching their heads. First, Merck (MRK ) pulled its Vioxx off the market after a study confirmed suspicions that it was linked to an increased risk of heart attack and stroke.
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TRENTON, NJ (CP) - Vioxx, the blockbuster arthritis drug taken by tens of millions of people, was pulled from the market by its maker Thursday after a study found it doubled the risk of heart attacks and strokes.
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Since Vioxx was pulled off the market last week, arthritis suffers have had to make difficult choices about alternatives for pain relief.
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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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The world is unprepared for an inevitable flu pandemic that could kill tens of millions of people, but profit-driven pharmaceutical companies are putting too little research into the development of vaccines, ...