(Reuters) - Two studies offer more evidence about the dangers of some painkillers, adding kidney problems to heart concerns already raised with the drug once sold as Vioxx, researchers said on Tuesday.
One report from Boston's Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School said an analysis of 114 studies involving more than 116,000 people showed that rofecoxib (the chemical name for Vioxx) "was associated with increased renal and (heart) arrhythmia risks."
Why the drug would cause kidney damage is unclear, it added: http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060912/hl_nm/painrelievers_dc_2
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