"The psychological effects are immense, " explains Dr. Michael Wasserman, a pediatrician with the Ochsner Clinic Foundation in New Orleans, Louisiana.

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Suggesting the cancer trials were cardiovascular tests is misleading and inappropriate, says Richard Milani , vice chairman of the department of cardiology at the Ochsner Clinic in New Orleans.

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Chip Lavie, a cardiologist at the Ochsner Clinic in New Orleans, says that he would not worry about using Vioxx for short-term use, but understands Merck's decision to pull it.

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