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Fosamax In The
News:
Lawsuit Alleges Merck Negligent in Promoting Fosamax - ABC News
Fosamax, Merck's other drug problem - CNN Money
Fosamax and Other Osteoporosis Drugs Allegedly Linked to “Dead Jaw”
Disease - PR Web
Drug linked to death of jawbone - USA Today
Fosamax, Merck's other drug problem
With thousands of Vioxx cases already in the courts, the drugmaker faces 15 suits over an osteoporosis drug blamed for rotting the jaw bone.
CNN Money, 5/6/06
NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) - Merck, already in a long fight against thousands of Vioxx lawsuits, will soon face a two-front war, as plaintiffs begin to file suit over a different drug:
Fosamax.
Merck (down $0.01 to $34.44, Research), the No. 2 U.S. drugmaker, will soon face a federal court suit from a Naples, Fla., woman who blames the osteoporosis treatment for the necrosis that rotted her mouth and exposed bone in her jaw. Linda
Secrest, 60, who took Fosamax for six years, filed the suit April 10 in Fort Myers, Fla. She accuses Merck of withholding information about the drug's health risks.
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Fosamax and Other Osteoporosis Drugs Allegedly Linked to “Dead
Jaw” Disease
Osteoporosis limits mobility for many elderly women and men but their bone density drugs may lead to serious side effects.
PR Web, 4/15/06
New York City, NY (PRWEB) April 15, 2006 -- To balance the loss of bone density caused by osteoporosis, doctors prescribe bisphosphonate drugs, such as Fosamax
(Alendronate). Researchers have identified a link between bisphosphonates and a serious bone condition called Osteonecrosis of the jaw
(ONJ) but doctors still prescribe the drugs to millions of consumers.
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Lawsuit Alleges Merck Negligent in Promoting Fosamax
Suit Claims Osteoporosis Drug Can Cause Rotting of the Jaw
ABC News , 4/12/06
NEW YORK Apr 12, 2006 (AP)— Merck & Co, which is already facing a raft of cases over its pain reliever
Vioxx, may need to hire additional attorneys to fight a recently filed lawsuit alleging the company was negligent in promoting its osteoporosis drug
Fosamax.
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Drug linked to death of jawbone
USA Today, 3/3/05
Salvatore Ruggiero was puzzled.Over a three-year period, the jaws of dozens of patients who had undergone oral surgery at his hospital had failed to heal properly. Part of the jawbone had died and become exposed.
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