Nice little earner (VIOXX)

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Bill - 20 Aug 2005 13:32 GMT

ANGLETON, Texas - A Texas jury found pharmaceutical giant Merck & Co. liable
Friday for the death of a man who took the once-popular painkiller Vioxx,
awarding his widow $253.4 million in damages in the first of thousands of
lawsuits pending across the country.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/9006921/

Bill

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me2@dn14.net - 20 Aug 2005 15:44 GMT

>ANGLETON, Texas - A Texas jury found pharmaceutical giant Merck & Co. liable
>Friday for the death of a man who took the once-popular painkiller Vioxx,
>awarding his widow $253.4 million in damages in the first of thousands of
>lawsuits pending across the country.

Think she'd rather still have her Husband than the money Bill [jmo].
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Andy

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Bill - 20 Aug 2005 22:27 GMT

>>ANGLETON, Texas - A Texas jury found pharmaceutical giant Merck & Co.
>>liable
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> Andy

Good point but there has been enough warnings about the side effects of
these type of drugs. I think the makers took it off the market as soon as
they knew for certain that it *can* (in some people not all)(especially
older people) cause heart/high blood pressure problems
I was on VIOXX from the time it was introduced to the UK approx 5 years ago.
I begged my GP for it, it was a wonderful drug. Some people suffer
different side effects than others - I'm now stuck using Volarol -
apparently the side effects are they cause stomach problems. One has to be
very careful....

Bill

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