Heart attack causing arthritis drug should be withdrawn
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A new research published by the Lancet suggests that Vioxx, a widely-prescribed arthritis drug withdrawn on safety grounds in September should have been taken off the market several years earlier.
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The arthritis drug Vioxx, used by millions of people around the world, is being pulled off the market after a study confirmed long-standing concerns that it raises the risk of heart attack and stroke, the manufacturer, Merck & Co. , said on Thursday.
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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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Drug giant Pfizer is to stop advertising its best-selling arthritis pain reliever Celebrex after a study showed high doses of it were associated with an increased heart attack risk.
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NEW YORK  - A significant percentage of patients stop taking medications prescribed after a heart attack, despite the fact that these drugs increase their chances of survival, investigators report. They call for a better system for patient follow-up to prevent unnecessary deaths related to non-usage of these drugs.
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A widely prescribed arthritis drug withdrawn on safety grounds in September should have been taken off the market several years earlier.
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Researchers at The University of Alabama at Birmingham are telling hundreds of patients participating in a dozen clinical studies to quit taking Celebrex while authorities determine whether the arthritis medication is safe.
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WASHINGTON -- Preliminary results of a new study suggest that high doses of Celebrex, a popular arthritis drug, can dramatically increase a person&#39;s risk of heart attack.
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Merck & Co. said on Thursday withdrew its arthritis drug Vioxx globally after a colon cancer trial confirmed long-standing concerns the drug raises the risk of heart attack and stroke.
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Two small clinical trials showed heart bypass surgery patients taking Bextra, an anti-inflammatory in the same class as the recently withdrawn drug Vioxx, had an increased risk of stroke and heart attack.
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Merck & Co. MRK.N said on Thursday  withdrew its arthritis drug Vioxx globally after a colon cancer  trial confirmed long-standing concerns the drug raises the risk  of heart attack and stroke.
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A prescription painkiller used by more than 250,000 Australians to treat arthritis has been withdrawn from sale after a clinical trial found it doubled the risk of heart attack and stroke.
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A PAINKILLER for arthritis sufferers should have been banned four years ago, experts said yesterday. Vioxx, used by 400,000 Brits, was taken off the market by its US makers last month due to potentially deadly side-effects.
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Merck &amp; Co Inc. should have pulled the arthritis drug Vioxx off the market in 2000, because there was enough evidence that showed it was associated with an increased heart attack risk, according to researchers.
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Scientific evidence of increased heart attack risk associated with popular arthritis drug Vioxx was available as early as 2000, say Swiss scientists, although the drug was only withdrawn in September 2004.
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Merck &amp; Co. (MRK.N: Quote, Profile, Research) on Thursday withdrew its arthritis drug Vioxx globally after a colon cancer trial confirmed long-standing concerns the drug raises the risk of heart attack and stroke.
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Two studies released yesterday have turned up new evidence that all of the popular arthritis painkillers known as cox-2 inhibitors may put users at greater risk of heart attacks and strokes.