Vioxx on the Joe Rogan Experience
2 fact-checked claims across 2 episodes · Nov 2024 to Jun 2025 · updated Jul 11, 2026
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“In the emails that were admitted during the hearings when they lost or during the court proceedings They wound up paying a fraction of what they made they made…”
Rogan claims the maker of Vioxx made about 12 billion dollars and paid only a fraction of that in settlement.
“they knew there was going to be cardiovascular events people were going to get strokes... They made like $12 billion, they got fined seven, and 50 to 60 thousa…”
Rogan claims internal emails showed Merck knew Vioxx caused strokes, that the company made $12 billion and was fined $7 billion, and that 50,000-60,000 people died as a result.