Bad Medicine
October 1, 2004
The medicine that my mother took…well, this morning to control her arthritis has just been pulled from the market because it’s making people have heart attacks and strokes. Niiice. Doctors are urging patients not to panic but who wouldn’t? Mom already underwent a nuclear stress test a few months ago, after she had been taking Vioxx for a while, because a fluid buildup around her heart. After Larry’s death from a heart attack in 2003, and because of my grandfather’s recent stroke and past history of heart attacks, I am particularly sensitive about these kinds of things. At least Merck is offering a refund. How thoughtful.
Merck made two billion dollars last year from the sales of Vioxx. Here’s hoping they lose every penny of it.
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