Vioxx / Rofecoxib News from Around the Web (cont.)

Findings Cause HMO to Re-evaluate Use of Vioxx
source: WishTV Health & Science News - 08-26-2004
Data from Kaiser Permanente patients found the drug Vioxx may increase the risk of serious heart problems. Now the HMO will decide in the next few weeks how to deal with this...

Study: Arthritis drug Vioxx can triple heart attack risk
source: Monterey Herald Political News - 08-26-2004
WASHINGTON The nation's largest health management organization is considering changing how it prescribes Vioxx after a government study showed that high doses of the arthritis...

KCBS: Red Flag On Anti-Arthritis Drug
source: CBS Los Angeles - Health News - 08-26-2004
Drugmaker Disagrees With Conclusion Of Study Aug 26 2004 5 04 pm US Pacific NEW YORK CBS A study financed by the federal government has found that Vioxx a popular anti-arthritis...

FDA doctor knocks Vioxx safety
source: PharmaTimes - 08-26-2004
Merck Co s blockbuster arthritis drug Vioxx rofecoxib has been unwillingly thrust into the limelight again after a large study linked it to an increased risk of heart attacks....

A Bitter Pill for Merck's Vioxx
source: Business Week Technology - 08-26-2004
The battle of Big Pharma's titans Pfizer PFE and Merck MRK grows more intense by the day. On Aug. 25 a study funded by the Food Drug Administration linked Merck's painkiller...

Merck View Trimmed As HMO Mulls Vioxx Use
source: Forbes - 08-26-2004
Standard Poor's reiterated a hold rating on Merck nyse after a report that Kaiser Permanente one of the largest HMOs in the U.S. is reevaluating its use of Merck's Vioxx arthritis...

Baby aspirin plus Vioxx raises ulcer risk
source: Heart Center Online - 08-23-2004
The study in the medical journal Gastroenterology found that when patients who routinely take low-dose aspirin are also treated with Vioxx the incidence of stomach ulcers increases...