Date: 07/23/05 (Java Web)    Keywords: no keywords

A doctor told jurors yesterday in the nation's first Vioxx lawsuit that the drug contributed to the death of a Texas man, aged 59, who had an arrhythmia linked to a heart attack in 2001. ''His taking of Vioxx caused and/or contributed to his heart attack," Dr. David Egilman, a public health professor at Brown University, [...]

Source: http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/vioxx-tied-to-cause-of-death-by-doctor-in-first-vioxx-lawsuit/