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Arthritis drug removed for safety
Arthritis drug removed for safety -- Posted by Roman Bystrianyk on 09-30-04 09:44
http://www.healthsentinel.com/news.php?event=news_print_list_item&id=288
"Arthritis drug removed for safety", BBC News, September 30, 2004,
Link: http://yahoo.reuters.com/financeQuoteCompanyNewsArticle.jhtml?duid=mtfh39779_2004-09-30_13-57-57_n01
U.S. regulators will closely watch drugs in the same class as Merck &
Co. Inc.'s (MRK.N: Quote, Profile, Research) Vioxx for any signs they
might raise the risk of serious heart problems, the Food and Drug
Administration said on Thursday.
Patients taking Vioxx should talk to their doctors about alternatives,
the FDA said.
Merck withdrew the painkiller worldwide because of a link to heart
attacks and strokes. Vioxx is part of a family of drugs called
non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, or NSAIDs, which includes
Pfizer Inc.'s (PFE.N: Quote, Profile, Research) Celebrex.
"All of the NSAID drugs have risks when taken chronically, especially
of gastrointestinal bleeding, but also of liver and kidney toxicity.
They should only be used continuously under the supervision of a
physician," Acting FDA Commissioner Lester Crawford said in a
statement.
Merck officials told the FDA the company had decided to withdraw Vioxx
in a meeting on Tuesday, the agency said.
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