"When patients say: Don't ban my drug" (News: Analysis & Commentary, Apr. 25) should have noted that while the Food & Drug Administration decided that Merck & Co.'s (MRK

) Vioxx could return to the market after the company voluntarily withdrew it last September, Merck is not reintroducing the drug at this time. In "At last, a phone that takes dictation" (Technology & You, May 2), the Samsung SGH-p207 phone is available from Cingular Wireless for $80 with a two-year contract, not $200.