Medicine Fueled by Marketing Intensified Trouble for Pain Pills
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The story of COX-2 drugs is an example of how difficult it is for the F.D.A. to monitor the safety of drugs after they have been approved for the market.
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WASHINGTON -- As a primary human drive, not even the pursuit of prolonged pleasure can compete with the avoidance of pain. That is why the sudden emergence of the painkiller issue strikes home to so many who
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A lawsuit filed Monday attempts to recoup tens of millions spent by government-financed health programs to purchase the painkiller and to treat patients for its side effects.
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Drug investors may be wishing they could pop two pills and feel better in the morning. The latest headache hit last week when Pfizer joined the rash of drug companies announcing problems with their products.
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A series of surprising findings about some of the most widely accepted assumptions in medicine has renewed debate about how aggressively doctors use drugs to prevent and treat some of the nation's leading health problems.
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Federal regulators Thursday urged doctors to think twice before prescribing several popular and controversial painkillers to their patients with histories of heart trouble.
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Between the controversy over drug reimportation and activism from a certain state&#39;s attorney general, it has been a nasty year for the pharmaceutical industry.
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Many Americans who have relied on pain pills say their faith in the system intended to protect them has been eroded.
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Too many doctors write prescriptions while under the influence of drug companies. Aggressive prosecution of the worst cases could help mend doctor-patient trust.
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One of the first researchers to link the popular prescription painkillers Vioxx and Celebrex to heart problems blamed aggressive advertising for escalating
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The Food and Drug Administration is now warning about heart risks related to the use of naproxen, a long-time popular pain killer sold over the counter, as well as a prescription-strength medication sold under various names.
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Millions of Americans have done just that. Thanks to them, a class of pain relievers called COX-2 inhibitors - Pfizer&#39;s Celebrex and Bextra, and Merck&#39;s Vioxx - have become blockbusters.
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Manufacturer aggressively markets product before drug's long-term safety has been proven.
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The troubles surrounding a major class of painkillers may ultimately help cure what has long ailed the US Food and Drug Administration.
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Federal regulators urged doctors Thursday to think twice before prescribing several popular but controversial painkillers for patients with histories of heart trouble.
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Use of pharmaceutical products has risen to record levels in the US, with almost half the population using at least one prescription medicine regularly, according to a report by the Department of Health and Human Services.
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From coast to coast, warnings about several popular anti-inflammatory painkillers are triggering  confusion and anxiety.