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Study: Vioxx Risks Started Within Months

Last updated: 2006-05-18

Study: Vioxx Risks Started Within Months
2006-05-18

Category
Pain Killers
Event
U.S. Painkiller Crisis
Company
Cleveland Clinic
Merck & Co. Inc.
University
Vanderbilt University
Drugs
Vioxx
Category
Stroke
Unpublished data from the Merck & Co. study that led the drugmaker to halt sales of Vioxx appear to show the blockbuster painkiller raised the risk of heart attack and stroke within just a few months -- not after at least 18 months' use, as Merck has consistently argued. ... ...
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