Utah patients seek options after maker recalls Vioxx
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Like millions of Americans, Judith Krengel of Centerville was shocked to hear Thursday that Merck &amp; Co. voluntarily pulled Vioxx from the market after clinical trials found increased risk of heart attack and stroke for long-term users.
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NEW YORK - As doctors struggle to come to grips with what the withdrawal of Vioxx means for drug safety, the letters pages of the normally sedate New England Journal of Medicine have turned into a battleground.
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Veteran Food and Drug Administration safety officer tells a Senate hearing on the recall of the arthritis drug Vioxx that five other widely used drugs should  either be withdrawn or sharply restricted.
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Pharmacists swept bottles of Vioxx off their shelves Thursday and braced for a round of calls from customers following a recall of the popular anti-inflammatory drug.
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Those on Vioxx were 2.7 times likelier to have a problem, but an expert questions the safety of the entire class of painkillers. By Amanda Gardner.
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Less than three months after Merck withdrew its pain-killer Vioxx from the US after concerns about side-effects, questions over Pfizer&#39;s competitor products are provoking
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The decision by Merck & Co. came after a study confirmed simmering concerns that it significantly raises the risk of heart attack and stroke. More than 2 million people take Vioxx worldwide, making this the largest voluntary drug recall in history.
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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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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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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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Doctors were bombarded with phone calls from worried patients following the announcement last week that drug manufacturer Merck had pulled its popular arthritis drug, Vioxx, from the market because of safety concerns.
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An Oregon man stopped taking the painkiller Vioxx when it was pulled from the market, switching to Bextra. Then questions were raised this week about Bextra -- and four other
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Oct. 11 issue - Last week Merck pulled its blockbuster arthritis-and-pain-relief drug Vioxx from the market. This week the 1.27 million Americans who were taking it are wondering what to do.
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An estimated 2 million Americans are taking the blockbuster pain reliever Vioxx, which is being withdrawn from the market because of concerns about heart attacks and strokes.
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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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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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The abrupt withdrawal last week of the best-selling painkiller Vioxx is an event rich in ironies and lessons that may ultimately lead to a rethinking of the way drug safety is evaluated in the United States.