Vioxx users to challenge safety claims
16th Nov 2005, 21:28 GMT
HOUSTON (AP) - Whether the once-popular painkiller Vioxx can be lethal if taken for just a few weeks will be the crux of the first federal trial concerning the drug's safety, plaintiff's lawyers said Wednesday. Jere Beasley and Andy Birchfield, the Montgomery, Ala., lawyers representing the widow of a man who had a fatal heart attack a month after taking Vioxx, said they intend to skewer Vioxx-maker Merck & Co.'s contention that the drug can't cause heart hazards unless taken for 1 1/2 years or more.
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