Vioxx&#39;s Removal May Not Affect Care Much
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Patients taking Vioxx for pain relief have many alternatives, and the popular drug&#39;s withdrawal from worldwide markets yesterday should have little practical effect on clinical care, experts said.
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Drugs in the same category as Merck &amp; Co. Inc.&#39;s withdrawn Vioxx painkiller will get close scrutiny to see if they can also cause heart attacks, US Food and Drug Administration officials said on Thursday.
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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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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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A jury on Thursday found  Merck &amp; Co.&#039;s  withdrawn pain medicine Vioxx was not a  substantial factor in the heart attack of a 68-year-old New  Jersey woman.
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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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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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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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The furor over the safety of arthritis painkilling medications shows no sign of abating. Vioxx is gone from the market, following data linking it to increased cardiovascular risk.
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Merck & Co Inc. is evaluating why  its withdrawn painkiller Vioxx raises the chance of heart  attack and stroke, but it has not found a mechanism of action,  a company official said on Monday.
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Most patients who used Celebrex and Vioxx would have done as well on older, cheaper arthritis medications and would have avoided the potential heart and stroke risks of those blockbuster drugs, a new study says.
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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.
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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.
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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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WASHINGTON - The Food and Drug Administration silenced one of its drug experts who raised safety concerns weeks before Merck & Co. yanked the blockbuster drug Vioxx due to increased risks for heart attack and strokes, the chairman of the Senate Finance Committee said Thursday...
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Now that Merck &amp; Co. has removed its arthritis painkiller Vioxx from the market after tests found that it increased the risk of heart attacks and strokes, its rival Pfizer is taking a surprising stance.
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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.