VIOXXÂ® risks have been known for years, other COX-2 inhibitors ...
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On September 30, 2004, Merck &amp; Co. announced the immediate recall of one of its COX-2 inhibitors, the anti-inflammatory drug VIOXXÂ®, because, in Merck&#39;s own words, a study it had been conducting showed that:
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NEW YORK - Since Merck&#39;s Vioxx was pulled from the market for increasing the risk of heart attack and stroke in a long-term study, there has been heated debate over whether other, similar medicines, such as Pfizer&#39;s Celebrex and Bextra, carry similar risks
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Merck &amp; Co Inc. should have pulled the arthritis drug Vioxx off the market in 2000, because there was enough evidence that showed it was associated with an increased heart attack risk, according to researchers.
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Scientists uncover why some arthritis drugs such as Vioxx can cause heart attacks and strokes.
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20/12/2004 - The safety of cox-2 inhibitors was plunged into further uncertainty after Pfizer released details of trials that found an increased risk of heart problems with patients taking its painkiller Celebrex.
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Arthritis patients who use pain-relief medications similar to Vioxx may have cause for concern. Merck, the maker of Vioxx, pulled it from the market when it said research had found it doubled the risk of heart problems.
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Merck & Co.  said on Thursday withdrew its arthritis drug Vioxx globally after a colon cancer trial confirmed long-standing concerns the drug raises the risk of heart attack and stroke.
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The withdrawal of Vioxx from the market in September and more recent concerns about its cousin Bextra have raised safety questions about this entire class of painkillers
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A week after the popular arthritis drug Vioxx was yanked because of safety concerns, a top researcher warns similar medications may also pose the same health risks.
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Like Vioxx, which was taken off the market in September because of safety concerns, Celebrex is a COX-2 inhibitor, a type of drug that eases the inflammation associated with arthritis typically without damaging the stomach.
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Concern over the recently publicized risks of drugs such as Vioxx and Celebrex has left doctors and patients with difficult choices.
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Soon after the anti-arthritis and painkiller drug Vioxx was approved by the Food and Drug Administration in 1999, credible questions surfaced about the risk of serious cardiovascular problems in people who took it.
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Three years after cardiologists at the Cleveland Clinic warned of the dangers of the popular arthritis drug Vioxx, subsequent studies have found that the medication puts patients at greater risk of heart attacks and strokes.
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In the first epidemiological study designed and executed specifically to determine the heart-attack risk associated with COX-2 inhibitors rofecoxib (Vioxx) and celecoxib (Celebrex), researchers at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine found a
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U.S. drugs giant Merck & Co Inc. should have pulled its Vioxx painkiller from the market four years ago because data showing it raised the risk of heart attacks has existed since 2000, Swiss scientists said on Friday.
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Merck &amp; Co. (MRK.N: Quote, Profile, Research) on Thursday withdrew its arthritis drug Vioxx globally after a colon cancer trial confirmed long-standing concerns the drug raises the risk of heart attack and stroke.
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Tens of thousands of people may have been seriously harmed by the painkiller Vioxx, and many more may be at risk from taking other popular drugs of the same class, two experts wrote in papers released Wednesday.