FDA Says Heart Warning Added to Pfizer's Bextra
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Pfizer Inc.'s painkiller Bextra will come with a new warning about the possibility of heart attacks and blood clots in patients who have just had heart bypass surgery, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration said on Thursday.
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U.S. regulators should pull Pfizer Inc.'s arthritis drugs Celebrex and Bextra from the market because they are too risky, U.S. consumer watchdog group Public Citizen said in a letter on Monday.
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Oct. 15, 2004 -- Bextra -- one of two US approved Vioxx sister drugs -- may cause rare skin and heart side effects, its manufacturer today warned doctors.
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U.S. health officials Thursday called on doctors to limit prescribing Pfizer Inc. painkillers Celebrex and Bextra in light of recent evidence that they may increase the risk of heart attack and stroke.
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The Food and Drug Administration is now warning about heart risks related to the use of naproxen, a long-time popular pain killer sold over the counter, as well as a prescription-strength medication sold under various names.
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Description: Scientists say the arthritis drug Bextra may pose increased risk of cardiovascular troubles. Bextra is related to Vioxx, which was pulled off the market in September for the same reason.
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OTTAWA - Health Canada said it will issue a new warning about the painkiller Bextra as regulators in the US said they were strengthening warnings about the drug.
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The U.S. Food and Drug  Administration on Thursday ordered the review of preventative  studies involving Pfizer Inc.'s painkillers Celebrex and  Bextra, in light of recent evidence they may increase the risk  of heart attack and stroke.
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U.S. health regulators recommended  on Thursday that doctors limit prescribing painkillers like  Pfizer Inc.'s Celebrex and Bextra, in light of recent evidence  that they may increase the risk of heart attack and stroke.
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PHILADELPHIA - Pfizer Inc. said Friday that its popular pain-reliever Celebrex may double the risk of heart attack at high doses, triggering a torrent of new warnings about an entire class of drugs used by millions.
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Doctors writing in a prominent medical  journal on Friday recommended that physicians stop prescribing  Pfizer Inc.'s Bextra painkiller, just as a large study found  the drug maker's sister drug, Celebrex, doubled risk of heart  attacks.
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Pfizer warned doctors that one of its best-selling painkillers, Bextra, might increase the risk of heart attack or stroke in coronary artery bypass surgery patients.
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Pfizer warned doctors yesterday that one of its best-selling painkillers, Bextra, might increase the risk of heart attack or stroke in coronary artery bypass surgery patients.
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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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Pfizer said today that it had found an increased risk of heart troubles in some people taking higher dosages of Celebrex.
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Pfizer Inc.&#39;s Bextra will come with a new warning about possible heart and blood clotting problems when the drug is used by patients who have just had heart bypass surgery, the US Food and Drug Administration said on Thursday.
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Pfizer Inc. will warn doctors that its Bextra painkiller, which is in the same group of drugs as Merck &amp; Co.&#39;s withdrawn Vioxx, is linked to an elevated risk of blood clots, heart attacks and strokes in cardiac-surgery patients.