FDA Urges Doctors to Limit Prescriptions for Two Painkillers
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The Food and Drug Administration recommended Thursday that doctors limit prescriptions for the popular pain pills Celebrex and Bextra because recent
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The Food and Drug Administration issued a warning to users of the over-the-counter pain reliever naproxen Monday after federal researchers found an increased number of heart attacks and strokes among users.
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Doctors who led three studies showing prescription painkillers called COX-2 inhibitors raise the risk of heart attacks and stroke said on Tuesday the whole class of drugs was in danger of being pulled from the market.
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People should not automatically stop taking certain painkillers because of warnings about heart attacks and strokes, physicians said yesterday - a day after a fourth popular anti-inflammatory drug was linked to such problems.
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Doctors who led three studies  showing prescription painkillers called COX-2 inhibitors raise  the risk of heart attacks and stroke said on Tuesday the whole  class of drugs was in danger of being pulled from the market.
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U.S. health officials on Friday issued a second warning about reports of deaths and dangerous side effects in patients who used Johnson & Johnson's Duragesic pain-killing skin patch or generic versions.
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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Monday issued a warning to patients taking the painkiller naproxen after a government study showed the over-the-counter medicine can cause an increased risk of heart problems.
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The Food and Drug Administration issued a public health advisory Thursday, recommending doctors limit the use of Pfizer Inc.&#39;s Celebrex and Bextra to patients who can&#39;t take other pain medicines.
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NEW YORK, December 24  - The Food &amp; Drug Administration (FDA) announced yesterday that it planned to examine the various studies that link the usage of several painkillers with heightened cardiovascular risks, while recommending that
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British medical regulators urged physicians today to show greater caution in prescribing antidepressant drugs and said they should be clearly labeled with warnings
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Agency says painkillers, such as Alleve and Naprosyn, can cause an increased risk of heart problems. WASHINGTON  - The US Food and Drug Administration on Monday issued a warning to patients taking
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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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WASHINGTON -- The Food and Drug Administration is preventing an agency scientist from presenting the largest, most up-to-date study of popular painkillers like Bextra, Celebrex and Vioxx during an FDA meeting next week on heart risks posed by the drugs, a US senator charged.
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German doctors have been told to restrict the use of all anti-inflammatory drugs belonging to the same group of popular painkillers as Vioxx, the Merck product that was withdrawn because of safety fears.
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U.S. health officials issued a second warning on Friday about reports of deaths and dangerous side effects in patients who used Johnson & Johnson's  Duragesic pain-killing skin patch or generic versions.
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The Food and Drug Administration yesterday ordered a review of all prevention studies involving drugs such as Celebrex and Bextra, which have been associated with increased risk of heart problems. The agency also urged the public to limit use of over-the-counter pain medications.
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Doctors treating people for chronic pain should avoid using all medications -- at least at first -- the American Heart Association advised yesterday in guidelines designed to have a significant impact on the use of medications known as nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, or NSAIDs.