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[wwIIvetsdaughter]

According to Drudge right now, 60 Minutes and the NYT plan a big story on Merck a "what they knew and when they knew it" about Vioxx. 60 Minutes has "documents" to support their case. Is Kinko's in Abilene open longer hours now?

[Wynne]

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Keep in mind that Merck makes a number of fine drugs and medicines and employs a lot of people. We drove the companies that make vaccines out of business, and who knows how many others have cut back on their R&D for fear of Trial Lawyers?

Merck also provide products for thousands of pharmacies. They take risks to produce drugs to relieve misery and save lives, and they may have made a mistake marketing Vioxx, but should they be hounded out of business? Life involves risks, and sometimes we have to be willing to allow for that fact. I don't support fraud or shoddy practices, but the fact that CBS is investigating automatically places my sympathies with Merck.

[PrinceLazar]

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My daughter is a registered nurse, so you can imagine what she thinks about Trial Lawyers going after Merck and how many of their products she administers to her patients -- and saves their lives.

She also knows what Trial Lawyers have done to her "malpractice" insurance rates along with the rates for the doctors and the hospitals, which translates to higher costs for everybody. Maybe they ought to start using Trial Lawyers instead of nice little white mice in their research. That would even make PETA happy.

[PrinceLazar]

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I am tempted to start a "Trial Lawyer Jokes" topic, but no need in overloading the server with the volume it would generate.

...a girl comes home and says, "Mom and Dad, I just eloped with a radical Islamic terrorist who is a law partner at Muhammed, Mohammed, Mehammed, and Jones, LLC"

The mother screams, "WHAT!! YOU MARRIED A TRIAL LAWYER?!!!!"

[GIaunt]

I think the Constitution guarantees us the right to seek "redress for wrongs" -- And because of the complexity of our laws and the ridicules language of contracts and agreements lawyers are a necessity...

However, we have become a society that sues first and wants to be paid off for every little thing..... Another EXCESS....

So, I think that several things need to happen...
1) all laws should cover only one subject and should be understandable by anyone with a high school education
2) laws should clearly define what constitutes malpractice -based on standard medical practices NOT "channeling" the unborn.....
3) true malpractice should result in loss of license, not a pay-off....

Isn't having Lawyers write the law in such a way that only another lawyer can understand it a conflict of interest???? We need to NOT elect lawyers as the law makers....

[PrinceLazar]

[depotoo]

i agree with the trial lawyer bit totally, but i also feel that if merck suspected there was the potential then they should have disclosed it. having erosive esophagitis, i feel from having to take this drug for over a year, many years ago, it contributed to my condition, but that was my choice - knowing it shouldn't hurt the stomach, but it was possible. let people make the choice over what risks they wish to take - don't hide a little data from us. and then the trial lawyers wouldn't have as much of a leg to stand on either. because i do think trial lawyers have absolutely become a disgrace in our great country.
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[wednesdaychild]

Just wanted to say that my first thought when reading this on drudge was "who forged these documents for them?" CBS has ruined their credibility.
to the question about Vioxx. This has more to do with the doctor being alert to what he prescribes. I had been taking two meds that caused an increase in my potassium. I was have chest pains. No one seemed to know why. I saw a cardiologist and he caught it right away. doctors should be mroe careful. It does require that they know the side effects of drugs and not just hand out scripts. An alert durggist could have caught this too. On the other hand, I totally agree with the posters who say that if we sue the makers of vioxxfor a side effect, then no one will want to make durgs. Drugs can save lives and help people. There must be accountability, but if your doc is afraid to prescribe for u, what will people do?
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[stylin19]

Beautiful. Vioxx was approved under the Clinton admin. Think it will be mentioned ?
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[JK]

While Merck is a major pharmaceutical supplier they most be held accountable if they had sufficient information earlier to withhold the drug from the market. Most of the public realizes that use of drugs carries a risk and anyone receiving a drug should be receiving the product information. But if Merck had the information at an earlier time that should have required them to withdraw VIOXX then the hand of justice should prevail.

We also need to remember that human subjects were involved in the research to bring VIOXX to the market and someone should be representing them. Often these drug company sponsored studies are conducted with the indigent at universities and even the VA where the profit motive for the researchers can often cloud the safety of subjects. While regulations says that the subjects are protected, reality is the real test.

JK

[Navy_Navy_Navy]

How many decades will it take before we can hear the words, "CBS" and "documents" in the same phrase without snickering or cracking a grin?
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