Part Two: The Vioxx Scandal: How Big Pharma Killed More Americans Than Vietnam

2179.525 - 2198.637 Robert Evans

In 2001, the first major study critical of the drugs appeared in the Journal of the American Medical Association. The report, written by Eric J. Topol and cardiologists at the Cleveland Clinic, reanalyzed data from several clinical trials of Vioxx and Celebrex. It reported that both drugs appeared to increase the risk of heart attack and stroke, but that the danger from Vioxx appeared higher.