F.D.A. Urges Doctors to Limit Prescriptions for Two Painkillers
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Recent studies have suggested that Celebrex and Bextra may increase the risk of heart attack and stroke.
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Cancer patients were urged not to worry today following a shortage of the common painkiller used to treat those suffering from the disease.
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An effort to ease tensions over the use of morphine-based painkillers has backfired -- leaving many doctors and patients more fearful than before that they could be arrested for practicing what they consider good medicine.
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Doctors are calling for stricter alcohol laws in a bid to reduce the number of alcohol-related deaths.
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McALLEN - Local doctors and residents expressed concerns Tuesday that the Food and Drug Administrationâs warning to users of the over-thecounter pain reliever naproxen could unnecessarily scare patients and cause them to distrust other medications.
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WASHINGTON  - A group of physicians and  families called on US regulators Tuesday to warn the public  about a rare but potentially fatal set of skin reactions linked  to taking the painkiller ibuprofen.
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One area physician wishes his patients would call to seek his advice before going cold turkey when it comes to three widely prescribed arthritis medications - Vioxx, Bextra and Celebrex.
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U.S. health officials urged doctors  on Friday to consider prescribing alternatives to Pfizer Inc.'s   arthritis drug Celebrex while regulators weigh new data on  heart risks.
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Medical chiefs call for a crackdown on cheap drink sales and a ban on alcohol advertising at sporting and entertainment events.
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Across the United States, doctors are struggling to decide which pain relievers to prescribe now that they know that popular drugs like Vioxx and Celebrex pose potentially serious heart risks.
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The Food and Drug Administrationâs proposed rules would allow drug and device makers to provide doctors with medical journal articles about product uses that have not been approved by the F.D.A.
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The Canadian Medical Association wants the federal government to stop Ontario from imposing a new deal. TORONTO -- The Canadian Medical Association is urging the federal government to stop Ontario from imposing
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The UK Government has warned that there could be a shortage of a frontline NHS painkiller over the next few weeks. Doctors have been urged to ration the use of diamorphine, only treating very sick patients
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The dangers of over-the-counter painkillers will be prominently highlighted on the labels under a new proposal by the F.D.A.
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Federal health officials cautioned Tuesday the tens of millions of Americans who take popular over-the-counter pain pills of their potentially serious side effects and released planned label changes intended to warn of the sometimes deadly risks.
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The controversy over painkillers known as Cox-2 inhibitors like Vioxx, Celebrex and Bextra and major cardiovascular events has prompted a leading heart specialist to speak out.
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Doctors were told yesterday to restrict the use of the NHS&#39;s frontline painkiller for very sick patients in an attempt to eke out supplies.