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Market Withdrawal of Vioxx: Is it Time to Retihink the Use of COX-2 Inhibitors?

On September 30, 2004, Merck and Co. Inc., the manufacturer of the arthritis drug rofecoxib (Vioxx), announced the worldwide voluntary market withdrawal of rofecoxib after a study confirmed long-standing concerns that use of the drug raises the risk of heart attack and stroke.1 The drug was aggressi...

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Autor principal: Ortiz, Eduardo
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Academy of Managed Care Pharmacy 2004
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10437429/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15548128
http://dx.doi.org/10.18553/jmcp.2004.10.6.551