Study Suggests How COX Drugs Cause Heart Disease
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Painkillers suspected of causing fatal heart disease may act by starting the process of hardening the arteries, researchers proposed on Thursday.
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Arthritis drugs known as COX-2  inhibitors raise blood pressure more than older pain relievers,  which may explain why the newer medicines have been linked to  heart attacks, Australian researchers reported on Monday.
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Painkillers suspected of causing  fatal heart disease may act by starting the process of  hardening the arteries, researchers proposed on Thursday.
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Millions of patients and billions of dollars in sales could be affected by knowing whether the risks to the heart posed by Merck's Vioxx extend to other COX-2 inhibitors.
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Dec 07  - Celebrex (celecoxib) does not raise the risk of heart attack to the extent that Vioxx (rofecoxib) does, according to an early online release from the Annals of Internal Medicine.
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According to an NIH study, people who took Naproxen (Celebrex) to treat Alzheimer&#39;s disease are 50% more likely to suffer from a heart attack or stroke - the study was halted because of this.
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Millions of people who take Celebrex to treat arthritis have been left with a difficult decision to make after a study showed Celebrex increases the risk of heart attacks and strokes when taken in large doses.
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(Ivanhoe Newswire) -- A new study reveals a greater risk of heart attack associated with Vioxx (rofecoxib) than with Celebrex (celecoxib), although neither drug shows a statistically significant elevated risk of heart attack relative to people who did not
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The nation&#39;s top arthritis painkiller, Celebrex, raises the risk of major heart problems when taken at high doses, the drug&#39;s maker said Friday.
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More evidence of how painkillers  called COX-2 inhibitors can raise the risk of heart disease was  published Monday, showing Pfizer Inc.'s Bextra can triple the  risk of heart attack and stroke in certain patients.
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A new study has found that Aleve, a popular over-the-counter painkiller made by Bayer, could increase heart problems.
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People taking nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) who suddenly stop face an almost 50 percent increased risk for having a heart attack during the first few weeks
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Risks of first, nonfatal myocardial infarction was tripled with rofecoxib, compared with celecoxib users, Annals study shows. To determine whether and to what extent COX-2-selective inhibitors affected individuals
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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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WASHINGTON -- Preliminary results of a new study suggest that high doses of Celebrex, a popular arthritis drug, can dramatically increase a person&#39;s risk of heart attack.
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Pharmaceutical giant Pfizer Inc. has acknowledged that a 1999 study found Alzheimer's patients taking the pain killer Celebrex were up to four times more likely to have cardiovascular risk factors than those taking a placebo.
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Two studies offer more evidence about  the dangers of some painkillers, adding kidney problems to  heart concerns already raised with the drug once sold as Vioxx,  researchers said on Tuesday.