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Vioxx

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Vi·oxx (vks)
A trademark for the drug rofecoxib.

Vioxx®
Rofecoxib Pain management A COX-2 inhibitor used to manage osteoarthritic pain, acute pain in adults, primary dysmenorrhea.
See COX-2 inhibitor.


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Personal injury attorneys representing clients who have allegedly been harmed by the prescription drug Vioxx are congratulating themselves over a historic judgment rendered recently.
of a ruling that reinstated a securities fraud lawsuit involving the company's disclosures to investors about its withdrawn Vioxx pain drug.
The New Jersey Supreme Court ruled that Vioxx users who suffered no known harm from the withdrawn pain drug cannot sue Merck to pay for medical tests and treatment by heart doctors, Reuters reported June 4.
 
 
 
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