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Drug Errors
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Senior
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Diabetes
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Celebrex
Pfizer Warns of Heart
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VIOXX
Withdrawn after study
says in may double heart attack risk.
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Serzone
Serzone (Nefazodone)
may cause liver failure.
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Ephedra
Over 100
deaths and thousands of cases of side effects have been linked to
ephedra.
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Cytotec
(Misoprostol)
Birth defects have
incurred.
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Dangerous Drugs and Drug Abuse in the News
Today is
Tuesday June 19, 2007
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IMPORTANT
WARNING:
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VIOXX Recalled Due to
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Vioxx May Have Caused 140,000 Serious Heart Attacks
Jan. 25, 2005 - The arthritis drug Vioxx could have
caused an estimated 88,000–140,000 excess cases of serious coronary
heart disease in the USA since its launch in 1999, concludes a study
published online by The Lancet.
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Vioxx Withdrawn After Study Suggests It May
Double the Risk of Heart Attack
In a stunning announcement
on Sept. 30, 2004,
drug-maker Merck & Co. announced the withdrawal of the popular
anti-inflammatory drug Vioxx from the market due to a study they were
conducting that shows patients taking the drug face twice the risk of
heart attack compared to those in the test taking a placebo. The FDA,
that approved the drug in 1999, also issued a public health advisory and
news release. It is used by many senior citizens and
others for
arthritis pain relief.
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more of the story...
Merck
Tried to Bury Vioxx Concerns for Years
Nov. 1, 2004, (Reuters) - Internal e-mails and other
documents from Merck & Co. show the company fought for years to keep
safety concerns from undermining the drug's commercial prospects, the
Wall Street Journal reported on Monday.
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FDA Accused of Silencing Vioxx Warnings
Oct. 8,
2004 -The Food and Drug Administration silenced one of its drug experts
who raised safety concerns weeks before Merck & Co. yanked the
blockbuster drug Vioxx due to increased risks for heart attack and
strokes, the chairman of the Senate Finance Committee said Thursday.
Researchers Warn of Dangers
of Other Vioxx-Type Drugs
"The senior executives at Merck and the leadership at the FDA share
responsibility..."
Oct. 7, 2004 - The sudden withdrawal of Vioxx from the market may not
have ended the danger of adverse side effects from COX-2 inhibitors.
Researchers writing in the
New England Journal of Medicine say similar popular drugs of
the same class, like Pfizer's Celebrex, may pose similar risks.
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What Vioxx Users Are Doing Now
Oct. 7, 2004 –Most
Vioxx users are changing to other drugs with the Cox-2 inhibitor, like
Celebrex and Bextra, though many are choosing to take non-steroidal
anti-inflammatory drugs, according to NDCHealth.
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