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Register for FREE - Wall Street Journal
November 14, 2008, 12:10 pm

Please register to gain free access to WSJ tools. An account already exists for the email address entered. Merck has agreed to pay $58 million to settle allegations by a few dozen states that the company used deceptive advertising to promote Vioxx ...

Long-term study confirms Vioxx heart risks - Reuters
October 12, 2008, 5:59 pm

CHICAGO (Reuters) - A long-term analysis of people who took the arthritis drug Vioxx confirms it doubles the risk of strokes and heart attacks, researchers said on Monday, but this risk goes away a year after people stop taking it. And other drugs in ...

Vioxx more dangerous than originally thought - Overthelimit.info
October 13, 2008, 5:58 pm

Toronto (OTL) - A recent study has found that the arthritis drug Vioxx has been connected to an amplified risk of heart attacks and strokes. A worldwide study linking 2,000 patients found Rofecoxib ?substantially? increased the chances of dying ...

Vioxx: myocardial infarction can occur within the first two weeks of ... - Xagena Medical News
August 10, 2008, 6:53 pm

A study by investigators at the McGill University Health Centre ( MUHC ) found that a quarter of patients who suffered a myocardial infarction while taking Vioxx ( Rofecoxib ) did so within the first two weeks of taking the drug. The research ...

Study Confirms Vioxx Doubles Heart Risks - NewsMax.com
October 13, 2008, 5:58 pm

A long-term analysis of people who took the arthritis drug Vioxx confirms it doubles the risk of strokes and heart attacks, researchers said on Monday, but this risk goes away a year after people stop taking it. And other drugs in the same class of ...

FDA Advisory Panel Rejects Vioxx Successor - HealthCentral.com
November 10, 2008, 3:56 pm

Copyright © 2007 ScoutNews, LLC. All rights reserved. THURSDAY, April 12 (HealthDay News) -- The proposed successor to the banished arthritis painkiller Vioxx was soundly rejected Thursday by an advisory committee to the U.S. Food and Drug ...

Media coverage of drug studies lacking, study says - Boston Globe
October 5, 2008, 5:53 pm

Excerpts from the Globe's blog on the Boston-area medical community. The news media isn't doing a very good job when it comes to reporting on drug studies published in leading scientific journals, Cambridge researchers report. Journalists too often ...

Senior Citizens May Have to Bite-the-Bullet for Pain Relief - Senior Journal
August 7, 2008, 12:48 am

Ibuprofen (Advil) and other common painkillers cited for heart attack risk, particular for older people June 10, 2005 ? Senior citizens may have to bite-the-bullet, when it comes to surviving pain, just like cowboys did in the old West movies, when ...

Media Doesn't Often Mention Pharma Funding on Research - MedicineNet.com
October 7, 2008, 11:49 pm

TUESDAY, Sept. 30 (HealthDay News) -- The mainstream media often fail to report when drug company funding is used for studies of medications, a new review found. What's more, there's a tendency among both medical and mainstream reporters to use brand ...

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