I think, in fact, I’m pretty sure a dentist gave me Vioxx for a few days after a root canal.
This isn’t the first drug I’ve taken that’s been pulled. Fen-Fen — which I took for a week and hated the dry mouth … and I was on a gastric reflux medication that was pulled, I can’t remember the name, but man, did it work. I slept the best on that medication…
Vioxx Pulled From Global Market
Merck & Co., Inc., announced today a voluntary withdrawal of rofecoxib (Vioxx) from the U.S. and worldwide market due to safety concerns of an increased risk of cardiovascular events, according to an alert from MedWatch, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) safety information and adverse event reporting program.