医学英语用药安全medicationsafety.pptVIP

1. What kind of drug is Vioxx? What is it used for? 2. Why did more than 20 million Americans take Vioxx at least once? 3. Why did Merck announce that it pulled Vioxx off the market? 4. How did patients on Vioxx respond to the recall of Vioxx? 5. What other doubts did the recall of Vioxx raise? 6. When did the earliest sign of Vioxx’s side effects surface? 7. What do many doctors feel about a lot of expensive pain-killers? 8. What are the patients on Vioxx advised to do? 9. What else, instead of Vioxx, may provide substantial relief for patients with arthritis or osteoarthritis? 10. Why is i