Posts tagged heart attack

• 3. It is very unclear if Vioxx caused front-end (the most vulnerable first) or back-end mortality (a cumulative effect). This is an important issue and contrary indications exist. See "Q&A: Vioxx's H...

  Vioxx Killed Half a Million? The Facts Are Grim.

  Peter Schaeffer | May 13, 2012 3:30 PMCherry Hill, NJ

• A few more notes 1. Vioxx volumes declined by 30% from 2003 to 2004. For the entire year of 2003, Vioxx was dispensed at a rate of 1.663 million prescriptions per month. For the first 9 months of...

  Vioxx Killed Half a Million? The Facts Are Grim.

  Peter Schaeffer | May 13, 2012 3:28 PMCherry Hill, NJ

• 4. Drug companies do give away samples that could impact total consumption in 1999. However, volumes appear to be low compared to prescriptions. In 2007, drug companies spent $8.4 billion giving out ...

  Vioxx Killed Half a Million? The Facts Are Grim.

  Peter Schaeffer | May 13, 2012 3:25 PMCherry Hill, NJ

• A few more notes 1. There were rumors that Vioxx was dangerous before the recall. Indeed the claims predate FDA approval (clearly another story). However, rumors aren’t numbers. There were 19.959...

  Vioxx Killed Half a Million? The Facts Are Grim.

  Peter Schaeffer | May 13, 2012 3:23 PMCherry Hill, NJ

• A few more notes. 1. If Vioxx had anything approaching the impact TAC (The American Conservative) is suggesting, it would have shown up in the CVD death statistics first and foremost. It doesn’t...

  Vioxx Killed Half a Million? The Facts Are Grim.

  Peter Schaeffer | May 12, 2012 7:30 PMCherry Hill, NJ

• The TAC needs to do some fact checking before publishing something like this. If Vioxx actually resulted in 500,000 premature deaths it would have shown up in the overall death rate. It didn’t. See “...

  Vioxx Killed Half a Million? The Facts Are Grim.

  Peter Schaeffer | May 12, 2012 7:29 PMCherry Hill, NJ

• Ya, get away from 1and1. I had them for a week a while back before I knew squat about what service to get. They are only for the very basic of basic users. The main issue with them, aside from HORRIB...

  Merck Pleads Guilty to Criminal Charge Over Vioxx

  Marcus Phew | November 29, 2011 4:01 PMCherry Hill, NJ

• And would someone tell me why no one from Eli Lilly or Merck has served a day in jail? Where is the Department of Justice?

  Merck Pleads Guilty to Criminal Charge Over Vioxx

  Penny Lane | November 28, 2011 6:36 PMCherry Hill, NJ

• Eli Lilly's fine was $1.4 billion for Zyprexa off-label promotion. One in 145 adults died in clinical trials of those taking the antipsychotic drug Zyprexa. This was Lilly's #1 product $5 billion ...

  Merck Pleads Guilty to Criminal Charge Over Vioxx

  Daniel Haszard | November 28, 2011 7:58 AMCherry Hill, NJ

• Harvard should be ashamed for hiring this guy. They should all be wearing orange jumpsuits.

  Merck Pleads Guilty to Criminal Charge Over Vioxx

  Penny Lane | November 27, 2011 4:14 PMCherry Hill, NJ