
last month and suggested Avandia is more likely to cause strokes and heart-related death than a rival drug, Actos, made by Japan-based Takeda P... role in publicizing the risks of the Merck painkiller Vioxx, which ...

stomach problems but caused more heart attacks compared with another anti-inflammatory drug. "We say the evidence will show that Merck was plainly on notice that this was a potential problem right from the ...

a Vioxx situation, Force added, referring to Merck & Co. s painkiller that was pulled from the market because of heart side effects. Force said ...and suggested they try to determine the cause of this problem, Force ...

doubled heart attack and stroke risks. The studies, published along with a commentary by the journal's editors, call for sweeping changes that... research. MEANT TO BE SAFER Vioxx is a type of drug known as a COX...

, until that year, clinical trial results that indicated that cox-2 painkillers like Vioxx might be dangerous to the heart. In 2004, editors of BMJ and Lancet called for an international register of all clinical...

there was insufficient evidence to show the painkiller caused Bob Ernst's heart problem and death. The 2005 trial was the first Vioxx trial in the nation. Since then some other juries have made big awards and other...

of Vioxx had to be taken off of the market, because of all the heart problems and related deaths that it caused. It should also be noted that a... concerns - however, the potential bleeding problem would ...

of heart disease who has a problem with her knees. This is someone who¡¯s at cardiovascular risk and likely to be taking NSAIDs,¡± says Wayne, who... recently, after a study found that the painkiller Vioxx was ...

the first trial. The court found no evidence that Robert Ernst suffered a fatal heart problem from a blood clot triggered by Vioxx. He had been taking the now-withdrawn drug for eight months before being stricken...

The FDA¡¯s doctor Sandra Kweder says the Fed s could have gotten more information about the Vioxx link to heart problem s out sooner if it didn¡¯t have to deal with the painkiller¡¯s maker. A plan to pack more fans...