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Dermagic/Express No. 7-(X-11)
30 Septiembre 2.004 /30 September 2.004
EDITORIAL ESPAÑOL
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Hola amigos de la red, HOY 30 DE SEPTIEMBRE DEL AÑO 2004, SE CUMPLIO una vez mas
UNA DE LAS GRANDES VERDADES lanzadas POR EL DERMAGIC sobre LAS MOLECULAS COX-2.
EL GIGANTE MERCK decide voluntariamente retirar del mercado mundial a una de sus
MOLECULAS ESTRELLAS EL VIOXX O REFECOXIB.
LO MAS INTERESANTE DE TODO ESTO y lo mas importante para MI DR JOSE LAPENTA R
DERMATOLOGO, AUTOR ESCRITOR Y EDITOR DEL DERMAGIC EXPRESS, es que MI
VERDAD MI GRAN VERDAD sobre estas moleculas se EJECUTO casi 3 AÑOS DESPUES,
REPITO, CASI 3 AÑOS DESPUES, pues el 15 de diciembre del año 2.001 hice este
anuncio, las MOLECULAS COX-2 son dañinas y deben salir del mercado.
Resumiendo EL DERMAGIC EXPRESS FUE EL PRIMERO EN TODO EL MUNDO, en EL PLANETA
TIERRA EN PRONOSTICAR EL FIN DE estas moleculas con casi 3 años de anticipacion.
Probablemente el AULIN (NIMESULIDE) Y CELEBREX (CELECOXIB) esten temblando por
esta decision.
Particularmente NO ME IMPORTA YA EL DESTINO DE ESTAS MOLECULAS SENTENCIADAS
PREVIAMENTE, pueden seguir en el mercado,,, LA CAIDA DEL VIOXX RATIFICA todo lo
que dije el 15 de diciembre del 2001. Son moleculas PROBLEMATICAS. Si usted
quiere ingerirlas hagalo, es su salud y no la mia la que esta en juego.
Felicito al laboratorio MERCK por haber tomado la decision correcta y AL
DERMAGIC EXPRESS pues gano otra batalla mas. Aulin y Celebrex, el proximo paso.
RECUERDA SIEMPRE DERMAGIC EXPRESS ES Y SERA SIEMPRE un
sitio web para consultar pues alli encontraras la verdad que estas buscando. !!!
Saludos a todos
Dr. Jose Lapenta R
ENGLISH EDITORIAL
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Hello friends of the net, TODAY SEPTEMBER 30 OF THE YEAR 2004, it was COMPLETED
once ONE OF THE BIG TRUTHS rushed BY THE DERMAGIC on THE MOLECULES COX-2. THE
GIANT MERCK decides voluntarily to move away from the world market to one of its
BIG MOLECULES THE VIOXX OR REFECOXIB.
The most INTERESTING OF ALL THIS and but important for MYSELF DR JOSE LAPENTA R
DERMATOLOGIST, AUTHOR WRITER AND EDITOR OF THE DERMAGIC EXPRESS, is that MY
TRUTH MI GREAT TRUTH on these molecules was EXECUTES almost 3 YEARS LATER, I
REPEAT, ALMOST 3 YEARS LATER, because on December 15 of the year 2.001 I made
this announcement, the MOLECULES COX-2 are harmful and they should leave the
market.
Summarizing, THE DERMAGIC EXPRESS was in the entire world THE FIRST one, on THE
PLANET EARTH IN PREDICTING THE END OF these molecules with almost 3 years of
anticipation. Probably the AULIN (NIMESULIDE) AND CELEBREX (CELECOXIB) they are
trembling after this decision.
Particularly I don't ALREADY CARE THE DESTINATION OF THESE MOLECULES SENTENCED
PREVIOUSLY, they can continue in the market, THE FALL OF THE VIOXX RATIFIES all
that I said December 15 the 2001. They are a DIRTY molecules. If you want to
ingest them makes it, it is your health and not mine the one that is in game.
I congratulate to the laboratory MERCK to have made the correct decision and TO
THE DERMAGIC EXPRESS because win another battle but. Aulin and Celebrex, the
next step.
ALWAYS REMINDS DERMAGIC EXPRESS it is AND it will
ALWAYS BE a site web to consult because you will find the truth that you are
searching for. !!!!!
Greetings to all
Dr. José Lapenta R
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REFERENCIAS BIBLIOGRAFICAS/
BIBLIOGRAPHICAL REFERENCES
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1.) Merck Announces Voluntary Worldwide Withdrawal of VIOXX®
2.) Merck retira ‘Vioxx’ del mercado por incremento del riesgo cardiovascular en
uso prolongado.
3.) Merck retira Vioxx por riesgos cardíacos.
4.) Merck halts Vioxx sales.
5.) Merck Halts Vioxx Sales on Health Threats.
6.) A Case of Rofecoxib-Associated Stevens-Johnson Syndrome With Corneal and
Conjunctival Changes.
7.) Pfizer Affirms Celebrex Safety ???????????
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HOT LINK
The nimesulide,
Vioxx, and Celebrex (COX-2 molecules) should be retired of the world
market.!!!
15 December 2.001 !!!
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ALMOST THREE YEARS LATER....
1.) Merck Announces Voluntary Worldwide
Withdrawal of VIOXX®
Source: Http://healthorbit.ca/
[email protected] <[email protected]>
WHITEHOUSE STATION, N.J., Sept. 30, 2004 - Merck &. Co., Inc. today
announced a voluntary worldwide withdrawal of VIOXX® (rofecoxib), its arthritis
and acute pain medication. The company's decision, which is effective
immediately,
is based on new, three-year data from a prospective, randomized, placebo-
controlled clinical trial, the APPROVe (Adenomatous Polyp Prevention on
VIOXX) trial.
2.) Merck retira ‘Vioxx’ del
mercado por incremento del riesgo cardiovascular en uso prolongado.
Source: www.correofarmaceutico.com/
La multinacional Merck, que opera como MSD en Europa, retiró ayer del
mercado su fármaco superventas Vioxx (rofecoxib), inhibidor selectivo de la
COX-2, indicado para el tratamiento sintomático de la artritis reumatoide y de
la
artrosis y comercializado como Ceoxx en España para el tratamiento sintomático
del dolor agudo a corto plazo, por su riesgo incrementado de accidente
cardiovascular grave en tratamientos prolongados.
Valvanera Valero
Los nuevos datos del perfil de seguridad del Vioxx se han obtenido en un ensayo
clínico de rofecoxib frente a placebo para estudiar si previene la recurrencia
de pó
lipos colorrectales en pacientes con historia de adenomas colorrectales. A
partir de
los 18 meses de toma diaria de 25 mg de rofecoxib, los pacientes presentaron un
número de eventos cardiovasculares superior a placebo (45 frente a 25).
La Agencia Española del Medicamento y Productos Sanitarios (Aemps) recuerda
en una nota informativa de comunicación de riesgos de medicamentos para los
profesionales sanitarios que “la seguridad cardiovascular de rofecoxib y de
otros
coxibs ha sido revisada en repetidas ocasiones por las agencias reguladoras
nacionales desde la publicación del ensayo clínico Vigor, en el que se observó
que
rofecoxib, a dosis de 50 mg (entre 2 y 4 veces la recomendada) se asocia a un
incremento de riesgo de infarto agudo de miocardio comparado con naproxeno,
AINE no selectivo”. Entonces, dice la Aemps, “aunque no pudo resolverse si este
resultado se debía a un incremento de riesgo de rofecoxib o a un efecto
protector
de naproxeno, se procedió a modificar la información del medicamento dirigida a
los profesionales y los pacientes para advertir de estos resultados”.
Posteriormente,
según la agencia, se han publicado varios estudios donde se observaba un
incremento de riesgo pero solo a dosis superiores a 25 mg.
La AEMPS insiste en que “los datos se refieren únicamente a rofecoxib y que no
pueden generalizarse a otros inhibidores selectivos de la COX-2”. Y aconseja que
aunque los riesgos detectados sólo ocurren tras un tratamiento prolongado (más
de
1 año) con Vioxx, se recomienda la suspensión del mismo puesto que es fácilmente
sustituible por tratamientos alternativos sobre los cuales el médico de familia
podrá
determinar la alternativa más adecuada a las necesidades de los pacientes.
Vioxx facturó en 2003 2.300 millones de euros en el mundo y desde enero de
2004, 20 millones de euros en España. En los últimos doce meses se han tratado
en España 277.000 pacientes con el fármaco, aunque no necesariamente en uso
crónico. Actualmente Sanidad estima que podría haber entre 70.000 y 100.000
pacientes en tratamiento con este fármaco, que requiere como otros coxibs visado
de inspección desde julio de 2002 en España. Ceoxx, sin embargo, no está
cubierto por la seguridad social.
3.) Merck retira Vioxx por riesgos
cardíacos.
Source: http://noticias.canalrcn.com/
Nueva York, EE.UU.(RCN) - La farmacéutica Merck hizo este
anuncio tras los
resultados de un estudio que confirmó un mayor riesgo de problemas cardíacos y
de otro tipo en los pacientes que reciben este tratamiento.
Ante la divulgación de la noticia, las acciones de la empresa cayeron casi el 27
por
ciento en el mercado de Nueva York, donde media hora después de comenzar la
sesión se cotizaban en torno a los 33 dólares.
En un comunicado entregado a los medios de comunicación, la empresa indicó que
el estudio, llevado a cabo durante tres años, reveló un mayor riesgo de sufrir
problemas cardiovasculares, como "un ataque cardíaco o un derrame cerebral",
después de 18 meses de tratamiento en los pacientes que tomaron Vioxx que en
los que tomaron placebos.
4.) Merck halts Vioxx sales.
By Rita Rubin, USA TODAY
Source: http://www.usatoday.com/
The maker of blockbuster pain reliever Vioxx said Thursday
that it is voluntarily
withdrawing the drug because of new data showing it increases the risk of heart
attacks and strokes.
By Mike Derer, AP
This is one of the largest-ever withdrawals of a drug, says the Food and Drug
Administration's Steven Galson. Drugmaker Merck (MRK) says 84 million people
worldwide have taken the heavily promoted drug, available in the USA since May
1999. About 2 million Americans are on Vioxx, Galson says. "We have been
concerned and aware of the potential for cardiovascular effects for the last few
years," he says. "This is not a total surprise."
The news hit Merck's stock hard. It fell 27% to close at $33, wiping out $27
billion
in market value.
In August, an FDA-funded analysis involving Kaiser Permanente patients found
more heart attacks and sudden cardiac deaths among people taking Vioxx than
among those on Celebrex or on conventional nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs
(NSAIDs) such as ibuprofen and aspirin.
In November 2000, Merck published a study in The New England Journal of
Medicine that found a higher rate of heart attacks in patients assigned to Vioxx
than
those assigned to naproxen (an NSAID sold as Aleve). Because of that finding,
the
FDA in April 2002 required a new warning on the Vioxx label.
Vioxx, Celebrex and Bextra are the three so-called COX-2 inhibitors on the U.S.
market. Drugmakers say they treat arthritis pain but are less irritating to the
gastrointestinal tract than traditional NSAIDs. At least two other COX-2
inhibitors
— including Merck's Arcoxia, already sold in 47 other countries — are in the
pipeline.
"It is important to note that the results of clinical studies with one drug in a
given
class are not necessarily applicable to others in a class," says Peter Kim,
president
of Merck Research Laboratories.
The implications of the Vioxx withdrawal for other COX-2 inhibitors aren't yet
clear. Merck says the new data — from a three-year study comparing Vioxx with a
placebo in 2,600 patients with colon polyps — showed a higher risk of heart
attacks and stroke only after 18 months of use. None of the other COX-2 drugs
have data for longer than a year, Galson says.
"It's too early for me to say right now how we're going to change our
requirements
for the future, but, obviously, we're going to be more interested in long-term
data,"
he says.
5.) Merck Halts Vioxx Sales on Health
Threats
Source: http://www.abcnews.go.com/
Merck Pulls Vioxx Arthritis Drug From Market on Heart Attack,
Stroke
Concerns; Stock Plunges
The Associated Press
TRENTON, N.J. Sept. 30, 2004 — Merck & Co. is pulling its blockbuster Vioxx
from the market after new data found the arthritis drug doubled the risk of
heart
attacks and strokes. Merck's stock plunged almost 27 percent as the
pharmaceutical giant said the recall will hurt its earnings.
Merck said Thursday the clinical trial data showed an increased risk of heart
attack
and other cardiovascular complications 18 months after patients started taking
Vioxx, which also is prescribed for acute pain and disorders such as carpal
tunnel
syndrome.
The three-year study aimed at showing that Vioxx could prevent the recurrence of
polyps, which can turn cancerous, in the colon and rectum was stopped after
Merck discovered participants had double the risk of a heart attack compared to
those taking a placebo.
By Thursday afternoon, at least one plaintiffs' attorney announced plans for a
class
-action lawsuit against Merck. Another claimed to represent 58 patients around
the
country allegedly harmed by Vioxx, including people who suffered a heart attack,
stroke, internal bleeding or kidney failure.
"It's a disaster for Merck, coming at the worst time," said independent health
care
analyst Hemant Shah of HKS & Co. in Warren, N.J.
About 2 million people worldwide use Vioxx, Merck said, and 84 million have
taken it since it came on the market with great fanfare in 1999. It is one of
Merck's
most important drugs, with $1.8 billion in U.S. sales in 2003 and global sales
of $2
.5 billion 11 percent of the company's $22.49 billion in revenue that year.
But Vioxx sales dipped 18 percent in the second quarter of this year to $653
million, partly due to increasing concerns about an elevated risk of heart
complications.
Medical experts advised patients Thursday to stop taking Vioxx and consult their
doctor about alternatives.
Merck said the recall will slash about 50 cents to 60 cents a share from its
earnings
for the rest of this year. That includes foregone sales, writeoffs of inventory
held by
Merck, customer returns of product previously sold and other costs of the
pullback. Merck expects foregone fourth quarter sales of Vioxx of $700 million
to
$750 million alone.
Merck, based in Whitehouse Station, N.J., had previously been expecting 2004
earnings per share of $3.11 to $3.17.
"We're taking this action because we believe it best serves the interest of
patients,"
Ray V. Gilmartin, Merck's chairman, president and chief executive, said in a
statement.
Shares in Merck, the world's third-biggest drug maker, plunged $12.07, nearly 27
percent, to close at $33.00 on the New York Stock Exchange. That wiped out $
28 billion in market value. More than 140 million shares were traded, compared
to
a daily average below 10 million.
Shah said for Merck, the Vioxx withdrawal comes "at a time when they really need
to get ready for expiration" of its patent for Zocor, the cholesterol treatment
that is
the company's top-selling drug.
Zocor loses patent protection early in 2006 and sales are expected to plunge
against generic competition. In an effort to replace those revenues, Merck
recently
launched a drug with Schering-Plough Corp., Vytorin, that combines Zocor and
Schering-Plough's Zetia to attack cholesterol levels in two complementary ways.
The Vioxx recall stands to benefit Pfizer Inc., the world's biggest drugmaker.
Merck and Pfizer have been battling for market share, with Pfizer's Celebrex
arthritis drug dominating the market with about $5 billion in U.S. sales alone
last
year. Pfizer shares were up 35 cents to $30.53 in afternoon trading on the NYSE.
Pfizer issued a statement Thursday citing the "outstanding long-term safety
profile"
of Celebrex and saying that in a recent FDA-sponsored study of 1.4 million
patients, those who received Celebrex demonstrated no increased risk of cardiac
trouble.
Vioxx was labeled with a warning about heart risks in 2001 after Merck's own
study in 2000 uncovered the increased risk of heart attack and other
complications.
The Food and Drug Administration has been monitoring problems reported to it
since then.
"This is not a total surprise," said Dr. Steven Galson, acting director of the
FDA's
Center for Drug Evaluation and Research.
Dr. Steven Abramson, director of rheumatology at New York University Hospital
for Joint Diseases, said "there are very few patients for whom there won't be a
good alternative drug."
Besides generic anti-inflammatory drugs such as ibuprofen, naproxen and aspirin,
those include Celebrex, which Abramson said has not been linked to heart
complications.
Celebrex and its successor drug, Bextra, as well as Vioxx and a successor drug
called Arcoxia that is awaiting FDA approval, are part of a class of anti-
inflammatory drugs touted by the pharmaceutical industry as being more effective
and having less side effects, particularly on the gastrointestinal system, than
older
drugs.
Vioxx's removal will be a blow to hopes that it and other drugs in the class
known
as COX-2 inhibitors could be used to prevent cancer in people at high risk of
developing it. A landmark study in 2002 showed that small, daily doses of
aspirin
could prevent colon cancer, and studies hinted that COX-2 inhibitors might do
the
same possibly without aspirin's side effects.
All COX-2 inhibitors can raise blood pressure, but Vioxx appears to be the only
one that's been linked to higher risk of heart attacks and strokes, Galson said.
Merck is scheduled to release financial results for the third quarter, which
ends
today, on Oct. 21.
6.) A Case of Rofecoxib-Associated
Stevens-Johnson Syndrome With Corneal and Conjunctival Changes.
Cornea. 2004 Oct;23(7):736-737.
Goldberg D, Panigrahi D, Barazi M, Abelson M, Butrus S.
*Department of Ophthalmology, The Georgetown University-Washington Hospital
Center, Washington, DC; and daggerThe Eye Research Institute, Harvard Medical
School, Boston, MA.
PURPOSE: To report a case of rofecoxib (Vioxx(R))-associated Stevens-Johnson
syndrome with corneal and conjunctival changes. DESIGN: Interventional case
report. METHODS: Case report of a 62-year-old woman with systemic lupus
erythematosus (SLE) taking rofecoxib for arthritis for 3 weeks. RESULTS:
Stevens-Johnson syndrome after 3 weeks of rofecoxib therapy. CONCLUSION:
This case report suggests that oral rofecoxib may trigger Stevens-Johnson
syndrome, potentially causing symblepharons, corneal neovascularization and
cicatricial ectropions.
7.) Pfizer Affirms Celebrex Safety
???????????
Source: Http://healthorbit.ca/
[email protected] <[email protected]>
NEW YORK, September 30, 2004 -- In response to Merck & Co.'s
announcement today of the worldwide withdrawal of its COX-2 medicine Vioxx,
Pfizer Inc issued the following statement:
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DATA-MEDICOS/DERMAGIC-EXPRESS No 7-(X-11) 30/09/2.004 DR. JOSE
LAPENTA R.
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