
                         Roanoke Times
                 Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: TUESDAY, July 20, 1993                   TAG: 9307200102
SECTION: NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL                    PAGE: A2   EDITION: NEW RIVER VALLEY 
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DATELINE: WASHINGTON                                LENGTH: Short

HEART DRUG IS REMOVED FROM MARKET

Manoplax, a drug for congestive heart failure, is off the market because a study showed it doesn't work for long and it raised the risk of death for patients who kept taking it, authorities said Monday.

Boots Pharmaceuticals, the British manufacturer of Manoplax, said it was withdrawing the drug voluntarily after a study found that the beneficial effects did not last beyond three months.

Also, people who took the drug longer than that had higher hospitalization rates than those taking a placebo, according to a statement Monday by the Food and Drug Administration.

- Associated Press

Memo: shorter version ran in the Metro edition.

by CNB