"Merck — the pharmaceutical giant previously featured on Slashdot for drawing
up a 'hit list' of doctors that criticized its drug Vioxx, and creating a fake
medical journal to endorse its products — is embroiled in a new scandal. USA
Today is reporting on two new studies that show Propecia, Merck's $250 million prescription
medication for baldness, can
make men irreversibly impotent. Lawsuits have been filed in the United
States and Canada from men claiming to have permanently lost their sexual
function after taking the drug. All this is reminiscent of Merck's difficulties
with Vioxx, a once $2.5-billion-a-year drug, which was withdrawn from the market
in 2004 after a study showed it doubled the risk of heart attack and stroke in
users."
Slashdot.com:
http://science.slashdot.org/story/11/04/09/0151206/Mercks-Drug-Propecia-Linked-To-Sexual-Dysfunction
USA
Today:
http://yourlife.usatoday.com/health/medical/menshealth/story/2011/03/Sexual-side-effects-from-Propecia-Avodart-may-be-irreversible/44787684/1
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