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Vioxx caused heart attack in 7.4 months

July 30th, 2007 by Todd Hageman

As an addendum to my July 12th blog, the New England Journal of Medicine reported on July 25 that the VICTOR study showed that “[Vioxx] was associated with an increased frequency of adverse cardiovascular events among patients with a median treatment of 7.4 months’ duration.”  The study found an increasing risk of cardiovascular thrombotic events in patients “during or within 14 days after Vioxx.”

As Pharmalot notes, this finding could possibly undermine Merck’s Vioxx litigation defense claim that the risks for heart attacks wasn’t significant until after at least 18 months of use.

If you or someone you know has been hurt as a result of taking Vioxx, please call Simon Passanante attorney Todd Hageman toll free at 1-877-767-3108.

 

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