Article: In a Study of Vioxx(R) Published in the New England Journal of Medicine, Vioxx Significantly Reduced the Risk of Serious Gastrointestinal Side Effects By Half Compared to Naproxen.

Article: In New Study of Vioxx(R) vs. Naproxen, Fewer Patients on ...
PR Newswire;  June 13, 2001 ;     700+ words ... ... fewer patients on Vioxx stopped taking their ... of gastrointestinal side effects compared to patients ... naproxen. In the study, Vioxx also significantly reduced ... late pregnancy. Common side effects reported in other clinical trials with Vioxx were upper-respiratory ...

Article: SIDE EFFECTS\ HUGE FINANCIAL LIABILITY LOOMS FROM ...
The Cincinnati Post (Cincinnati, OH);  November 6, 2004 ;     700+ words ... ... wounded by the withdrawal of its Vioxx pain reliever from the market ... lawsuits over the drug's side-effects -- lawsuits that threaten ... forced to make. Merck withdrew Vioxx from the market Sept. 30 because ... there have been at least 700 Vioxx-related lawsuits filed against ...

Article: New Pain Drug May Cause Fewer Side ...
FDA Consumer;  September 1, 1999 ;     700+ words ... ... adults may cause fewer side effects, such as ulcers and ... May, the new NSAID, Vioxx (rofecoxib), became ... The drug's reduced side effects may be due to its ability ... 25 to 50 milligrams of Vioxx daily had significantly ...

Article: Attorney General Gansler Enters into Consent Decree with Merck ...
M2 Presswire;  May 21, 2008 ;     700+ words ... ... the Marketing of Vioxx Judgment Requires ... Potentially Dangerous Side Effects(C)1994-2008 ... that the use of Vioxx could cause serious cardiovascular side effects. Merck denied that ... that misrepresented Vioxx's cardiovascular ...

Article: Merck arthritis drug nixed by FDA; Side effects ...
The Washington Times;  April 28, 2007 ;     700+ words ... ... following evidence it has side effects similar to the company's banned drug, Vioxx, Merck said yesterday ... since September 2004, when Vioxx was found to double the risk ... s original arthritis drug Vioxx. Merck announced the FDA ...

Article: DNA Tests Now Available Reveal Possible Deadly Side ...
PR Newswire;  January 5, 2005 ;     700+ words ... ... Users of the super aspirins Vioxx, Bextra, and now Celebrex and Naproxen ... November why such serious, possible side effects were not made known. Most recently ... inhibitor class of drugs which includes Vioxx and Bextra. The first and most important ...

Article: Antidote.(side effects of Vioxx)
Medical Marketing & Media;  September 1, 2005 ;     700+ words ... ... from a certain drug. This perception is over-inflated. Vioxx, for example, appears to have a statistically increased risk ... attack from taking a single pill. Unfortunately, one of the side effects of all this drug bashing is that it creates an opportunity ...