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| December 03, 2005 | COPYRIGHT 2007 Houston Chronicle. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

Byline: Anne Belli

Dec. 3--A doctor who has analyzed the effects of Vioxx denied Friday that four studies that he says link low-dose use of the painkiller to heart attacks and strokes were statistically insignificant.

During often stern cross-examination by an attorney for drug maker Merck, Wayne Ray, a professor at Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, stuck to his earlier testimony that Vioxx is a dangerous drug that caused heart troubles in patients who took just 25 mg a day.

That's how much Florida seafood salesman Richard "Dicky" Irvin Jr. was taking when he had a fatal heart attack in May 2001. His widow, Evelyn Irvin Plunkett, is suing…

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