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The Adenomatous Polyp Prevention on Vioxx (APPROVe) (6) trial was a placebo-controlled trial, whose aim was to prove efficacy of rofecoxib in the prevention of recurrent polyps.
Merck withdrew Vioxx from the market in 2004 after a three-year study (called Adenomatous Polyp Prevention on Vioxx, or APPROVe) of about 2,600 people found that Vioxx users had a greater risk of thrombotic cardiovascular events such as heart attack and stroke than those taking a placebo, beginning after 18 months of treatment.
He referred to blood pressure increases and a signal for heart failure "clearly" outside those of other drugs in the class demonstrated in the Adenomatous Polyp Prevention on Vioxx trial, at a daily dose of 25 mg--effects not seen at lower doses of celecoxib.
 
 
 
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