
with a doubled risk of heart attack, and rofecoxib (Vioxx) was associated with a threefold increased risk of heart attack. Vioxx was taken off the U.S. market in 2004 because of a study finding high rates of heart...

said he had taken Vioxx for knee pain for about four and a half months but did not realize at the time of the heart attack that Vioxx may have been a cause for concern. But the drug maker's defense lawyer argued...

the drug from its launch in 2001 to its voluntary recall in September 2004, claims that Vioxx contributed to his heart attack in December 2003. He also alleged in the three-month trial held last year that Merck &...

company and its local subsidiary, Merck, Sharp and Dohme, for compensation. He claims Vioxx caused him to have a heart attack in December 2003, and that the company knew of the cardiovascular risks of the drug but...

increases heart attack risk by 43% in diabetes patients. Avandia, an oral agent for type 2 diabetes, accounted for more than 3 billion dollars in... results to the early cardiovascular concerns seen with Vioxx that ...

2 inhibitors, a class of drugs that has been plagued by concerns about heart problems, including heart attack. (Vioxx and Bextra were withdrawn from the market for this reason, and Celebrex is now the only COX-2 inh...

name, Vioxx) was withdrawn in 2004 when other studies found a raised risk...confirms what has been known for some years now - taking non-steroidal, anti-inflammatory drugs on a regular basis increases heart attack or ...

The once-popular painkiller Vioxx doubled the risk of heart attack and was unfit for consumption, an Australian court ruled Friday, awarding a man leading a class action suit against the drug's maker 287,000 Austral...

THE blockbuster anti-athritis drug Vioxx doubled the risk of heart attacks and was not fit to be on the market for arthritis pain, a federal court judge has found.

. Besides, aspirin belongs to the same class of painkillers as Vioxx, Celebrex and Aleve, all of which were found to increase heart attack and stroke risk by over 50 percent. Tests have shown that abstaining from...