Jury Clears Merck in Latest Vioxx Trial

if anyone can give me info on a good atty in california handling these cases i would appreciate it.

i was forced to take heavy doses of psychiatric drugs for over two years....i think it close to killed me. i believe merck has a huge agenda to make us all brain dead or dead.........serious. does anyone else feel the same?

i took vioxx for arthitis . I worked at a labor job for 38 years.I went back to work but I had to take an early retirement because I coud not do the job any more.I was so glad to hear humestone won his case. I hate Merck!!!!!!

For an article looking a little "under the hood" at the Vioxx tragedy, see: "The Devil’s in the Details: A Closer Look at Merck’s Vioxx Trials" which can be found at:

http://blog.aesisgroup.com/2006/08/07/the-dev...

It explains some of the potential rationale behind Merck's defense of these numerous suits. Specifically relating to the difference between short-term and long-term use.

For an article on drug/device safety which highlights why this (and other issues such as Avandia) have gotten so important, see:

"Drug /Device Safety Debate to Yield Big Changes, Grow More Controversial" at:

http://blog.aesisgroup.com/2006/05/01/drug-sa...

The implications of this have been a number of proposals around FDA reform.... Not to blame either the FDA, the company or anyone but to propose changes to the system that hopefully will minimize such tragedies. See the articles at:

http://blog.aesisgroup.com/categories/FDA%20R...

and feel free to post comments as you see fit. Open discussion and transparency ultimately tends to prevent such problems.