VIOXX IS RECALLED BY MANUFACTURER Merck &
CO., INC.
VIOXX On September 30, 2004
Merck & Co., Inc. issued a worldwide recall of it’s
controversial arthritis drug VIOXX.
A 3 year clinical study demonstrated that
those who took the widely popular and highly marketed drug
were twice as likely to suffer from heart attack and stroke.
VIOXX Previously the Food
and Drug Administration had required Merck & Co., Inc.
to place warnings regarding heart attacks on it’s drug
label as a result of earlier studies that showed that VIOXX
increased the risk of blood clots increasing the likelihood
of heart attacks and strokes. In October 2003 the federal
government Adverse Drug Reactions Advisory Committee further
strengthened warnings as a result of evidence linking VIOXX
the increased likelihood of heart disease.
VIOXX Reportedly approximately
2 million people are currently taking VIOXX
and 84 million people have taken the drug since it’s
approval in 1999. VIOXX is
currently marketed in 80 countries All dosages of the drug
have been recalled and will no longer be available for use.
Merck & Co., Inc. has notified the U.S. Food and Drug Administration
and authorities in other countries and has sent letters to
doctors advising them of the withdrawal.
VIOXX The question is whether
or not Merck & Co., Inc. previously knew of the serious
risk of injury and death and failed to notify the FDA and
other authorities in a timely manner and whether their aggressive
marketing of VIOXX was done
with full knowledge of its dangers due to the high profitability
of VIOXX.
VIOXX If you or someone you
love have suffered from heart attack, stroke or death resulting
from the use of VIOXX please
contact my office to learn your legal rights. Please call
my office directly at (800) 787-7577 or fill out the following
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