'85 adverse reports from Vioxx'

"The Irish Medicines Board has so far received 85 adverse events reports for the painkilling drug Vioxx, according to the Department of Health.

Health Minister Mary Harney, in a Dail reply this week, said that since Vioxx was authorised for use in November 1999, the board has received 85 adverse reaction reports relating to the drug, of which eight have been classified as cardiovascular in nature" [Irish Health]