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This is a transcript of a recent National Public Radio (NPR) show that reveals that even in 1999, there was evidence that Vioxx caused heart and stroke related problems. A large study compared people taking Vioxx to people taking naproxen (Aleve) and found the cardiac risk with Vioxx to be greater and to increase with time; however this study was not stopped like the later one (2004) was.
 
The program examines what evidence was found in the 1999 study and considers reasons for its continuation and the eventual approval of Vioxx.

Early Vioxx Study Continued Despite Clear Risks

NPR - 6/8/2006 1:46 PM

NPR.org, June 8, 2006 · NPR is providing a full transcript of this story.
 
ROBERT SIEGEL, host: In 2004, Merck pulled its painkiller Vioxx from the market. The drug was causing heart problems, strokes and deaths among patients in a large study that was under way at the time. Merck stopped the study early when those results became clear. Thousands of former Vioxx patients and their families are suing the company.
 
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