FDA Advises Limiting Use of Pfizer&#39;s Painkiller Drugs
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Doctors should limit use of Pfizer Inc.&#39;s Celebrex and Bextra pain drugs while regulators continue to weigh their cardiovascular risks, the US Food and Drug Administration said today.
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Pfizer Chief Executive Hank  McKinnell said on Sunday doctors should be made aware of the  health risks in prescribing Celebrex to their patients, but the  company does not plan to recall its popular arthritis drug.
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When the Food and Drug Administration raised concerns last week about the pain reliever Celebrex, Walgreen&#39;s pharmacist Gary Vachon recommended that people turn to naproxen, sold over the counter as Aleve.
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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has warned Pfizer Inc.  that television and print advertisements for its painkillers Celebrex and Bextra misled consumers, according to a letter made public on Wednesday.
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The US National Institutes of Health halted an Alzheimer&#39;s prevention study of Pfizer Inc.&#39;s Celebrex painkiller and the generic naproxen drug because of a heart risk.
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NEW YORK -- Drug maker Pfizer said yesterday it would immediately stop advertising its best-selling arthritis pain reliever Celebrex to consumers after a study showed high doses of it were associated with an increased heart attack risk.
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Officials from Pfizer Inc, Merck & Co Inc and Novartis AG will appear next week before a panel of European drug experts, who are meeting to consider curbs on the use of COX-2 painkillers.
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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 YORK (Dow Jones/AP) -- Pfizer Inc. defended the safety of its painkiller Celebrex on Thursday after a newspaper reported that documents from Canadian health authorities linked the drug to the deaths of
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WASHINGTON, Dec 23  - US regulators called Thursday for use of Pfizer&#39;s painkilling drugs Celebrex and Bextra to be limited, urging doctors to keep in mind indications of higher heart attack and stroke risks.
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SINGAPORE : Doctors in the United States have warned that painkillers Bextra and Celebrex may be linked to major cardiovascular problems and should not be prescribed.
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The US Food and Drug Administration is recommending physicians limit prescriptions for popular painkillers known as Cox-2 inhibitors after recent studies suggested they may increase the risk of heart attacks and strokes.
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GAITHERSBURG, Maryland  - Pfizer Inc.'s pain reliever Celebrex should be approved for treating rheumatoid arthritis in children, a U.S. advisory panel said in a 15-1 vote on Wednesday despite concerns about the drug's long-term safety.
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Pfizer Inc.'s pain  reliever Celebrex should be approved for treating rheumatoid  arthritis in children despite uncertainty about the risks of  long-term use, U.S. advisers said on Wednesday.
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One of America&#39;s leading heart specialists is calling for less aggressive direct-to-consumer advertising of the arthritis pain drugs known as cox-2 inhibitors, in light of recent reports linking them to increased risk of heart attack and stroke.
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Federal health officials  yesterday proposed sterner warning labels for acetaminophen, aspirin and ibuprofen, again cautioning millions of Americans who take the nonprescription pain relievers regularly of potentially serious side effects.
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The Food and Drug Administration has warned Pfizer Inc. that advertisements for its painkillers Celebrex and Bextra misled consumers.