Don't panic over heart drug news, U.S. group advises
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News that the popular cholesterol drug Vytorin may not work to protect arteries and may in fact worsen clogging should not cause patients to panic, the American College of Cardiology said on Tuesday.
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A paper published Tuesday suggests that Vioxx posed heart risks that a similar drug, Celebrex, does not.
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Cleveland Clinic cardiologist Eric Topol was one of the first to point out the potential heart risk of Merck&#39;s (nyse: MRK - news - people ) withdrawn Vioxx and Pfizer&#39;s (nyse: PFE - news - people ) Celebrex.
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FDA advisory panel gives the nod to its heart drug.
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US health regulators have warned of heart risks connected to over-the-counter painkiller naproxen, creating additional confusion over the safety of similar drugs after recent warnings for two other painkillers.
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The U.S. Food and Drug  Administration has warned that people with heart problems  should not take the hyperactivity drug Adderall, and studies  may be done to see if it raises risk in others, a top official  at the agency said on Thursday.
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Patients taking a common drug to prevent blood clots to reduce heart attack and stroke risk now rely on a doctor's determination that they will not suffer excessive bleeding.
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The White House says the Food and Drug administration is doing a &quot;spectacular&quot; job. Really? The FDA didn&#39;t respond to warning signs that block-buster painkillers like Celebrex and Vioxx increased the risk of heart attacks.
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Increased FDA and consumer worries about cardiac safety should continue to fuel growth.
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As the Food and Drug Administration prepares to make recommendations about Pfizer&#39;s (PFE:NYSE - news - research) Celebrex, the companies that ultimately pay for the drug aren&#39;t leaping to conclusions merely because one recent study showed patients taking
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New studies shed some light on these controversial heart treatments, but many questions remain. What patients need to know.
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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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Blood pressure drugs beta-blockers can help keep arteries from clogging up, researchers said on Monday in a report that helps explain how the drugs prevent heart attack and sudden heart death.
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Users of an anti-arthritis drug linked by a study to an increased risk of heart attacks and strokes have been urged not to panic. The UK Department of Health said users of Celebrex, manufactured by US drug
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Drug-coated stents -- tiny wire-mesh tubes used to prop open clogged heart arteries -- may not be as dangerous as previously thought, Swedish researchers who had earlier raised concerns over the devices said on Sunday.
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Concern over the safety of anti-inflammatory drugs such as Pfizer&#39;s Celebrex intensified on Tuesday after regulators advised 600,000 Britons with heart problems to switch to other treatments as soon as convenient.
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Drug-coated heart stents may not increase the risk of blood clots as much as previously thought, according to research presented Sunday at a meeting of cardiologists.