Study: Vioxx risk lingered after use of painkiller
A doubled risk of heart attack, stroke and death persisted at least a year after people stopped taking withdrawn painkiller Vioxx, according to an analysis of long-term data from the study that led drugmaker Merck & Co. to stop selling the drug.
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Monday, October 20, 2008
Further study findings about Vioxx adverse side-effects
Posted by Willow at 1:10 pm
Labels: adverse side-effects, heart attack risk, Merck, painkillers, stroke, Vioxx
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