Vioxx Information

Merck faces at least 465 Vioxx lawsuits to date. That is a lot of lawsuits. I bet there are a lot of lawyers hoping to get big settlements. Merck can probably afford it since Vioxx sales reached $2.5 billion in 2004. Twenty million people have taken Vioxx since it was launched in 1999. A study found that people who took Vioxx for 18 months or longer had double the risk of heart attacks and strokes. That is why so many people are suing Vioxx hoping to get a large settlement. A drug-safety expert for the FDA said that Vioxx caused up to 160,000 heart attacks and strokes.