"I took columnist Michael Kinsley’s advice (“Taking Vioxx — for Plenty,” Aug. 28) and “googled” Vioxx. The first result was Merck’s own Vioxx Web site (www.vioxx.com), which complains that the drug giant did nothing wrong, that it was subjected to an unfair trial, and promises to continue its scorched-earth legal policy of forcing victims to trial.
"What I did not find were the facts. The truth is that David Graham, a scientist at the Food and Drug Administration, has estimated that Vioxx contributed to the deaths of as many as 55,000 Americans." [The State]
