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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Recent studies have suggested that Celebrex and Bextra may increase the risk of heart attack and stroke.
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Patients who discontinue long-term use of anti-inflammatory drugs such as ibuprofen and naproxen run a higher risk of heart attack for a few weeks immediately afterward, a study said on Monday.
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BLOW TO ANOTHER DRUG: A cancer prevention study found people taking very high doses of the painkiller Celebrex had higher risk of heart problems.
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(CBS/AP) A study financed by the federal government has found that Vioxx, a popular anti-arthritis medicine, may cause serious heart problems, the Wall Street Journal reports.
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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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Research shows that the dangers linking the arthritis drug Vioxx, a COX-2 inhibitor, to an increased risk of heart attacks, were known in 2000, which should have led to its immediate recall.
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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.
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(KSL News) -- New research suggests the risk of heart attack is three times higher among arthritis patients who used the pain killer Vioxx than it is among those who used a chemically similar drug, Celebrex.
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WASHINGTON: Naproxen, a painkiller, can cause an increased risk of heart problems, warns the US Food and Drug Administration. The FDA issued the warning on Monday following a government study on the over-the-counter medicine.
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People who take Merck & Co. Inc.'s  analgesic Vioxx are nearly three times as likely to have heart  attacks as those taking Pfizer Inc.'s Celebrex, according to an  independent study published on Monday.
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Pfizer Inc. said today that it had found an increased risk of heart troubles in some people taking higher dosages of Celebrex, its popular arthritis and pain relief drug.
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NEW YORK  - A new study adds to the  evidence that cardiac risk is increased in Vioxx (rofecoxib)  users, even in those without a history of heart attack. The  results also show that at lower doses of Vioxx, concurrent  aspirin use can reduce the risk and the risk decreases to  normal levels after Vioxx is discontinued.
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The move follows recent studies suggesting that the medications might cause heart attacks.
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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 popular pain relief drug Celebrex can triple the risk of heart attacks and strokes, according to a study by the US National Cancer Institute.
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Popular painkillers such as aspirin, ibuprofen and acetaminophen can raise blood pressure and thus the risk of heart disease among men, U.S. researchers reported on Monday.