CORRECTED: Could Vioxx cousin prevent religious fast headache?
(Corrected to change “last year” to “in 2007″ in the fourth paragraph.)
January 15, 2010
Vioxx Dangers Should Have Been Known Years Before Recall
We have long been writing about the links between Merck’s blockbuster nonsteroidal, anti-inflammatory medication Vioxx (rofecoxib) and negative cardiac events. Now, according to Science Daily, a study has found that evidence of cardiovascular risks linked to Vioxx might have been realized almost four years before Merck & Co. Inc., pulled the drug from the market. Vioxx [ ]
Key Events Involving Safety of Vioxx
Key events involving the safety of Vioxx and other painkillers:
Washington -- After the Food and Drug Administration insisted for months that it had done nothing wrong in its oversight of the withdrawn pain pill Vioxx, a top agency official acknowledged "lapses" in the agency's actions before a Senate panel Tuesday. Link to original article