vioxx killed more people than 9-11

My colleague Sandra told me something alarming last week: Vioxx killed more people than 9-11.

I finally got a chance to read up on the topic and am shocked. Can we trust the FDA?

At a Senate Finance Committee on Nov. 18, government drug reviewer Dr. David Graham said FDA's handling of Merck & Co Inc.'s withdrawn painkiller Vioxx, is a 'profound regulatory failure' by an agency 'incapable of protecting America' from another dangerous drug... Graham told the committee that research indicated that Vioxx caused up to 160,000 heart attacks and strokes. It was responsible for an additional 27,785 deaths from heart ailments from 1999 to 2003, he concluded.