Arthritis drug withdrawn after trial
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A prescription painkiller used by more than 250,000 Australians to treat arthritis has been withdrawn from sale after a clinical trial found it doubled the risk of heart attack and stroke.
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The European Commission has ordered a full-scale probe into the safety of five remaining Cox-2 arthritis drugs, following last month's worldwide withdrawal of Merck & Co Inc.'s Vioxx.
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Drug company Pfizer has pulled its advertising of arthritis drug Celebrex following a study suggesting it could cause heart attacks and strokes.
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FRIDAY, Nov. 17 (HealthDay News) -- Just-released data from a trial that was stopped early in 2004 for safety reasons is re-igniting debate on the safety of two popular painkillers.
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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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TRENTON, NJ (CP) - Vioxx, the blockbuster arthritis drug taken by tens of millions of people, was pulled from the market by its maker Thursday after a study found it doubled the risk of heart attacks and strokes.
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Vioxx and other pain-relieving drugs have given many people with chronic pain the chance to resume normal lives. But an increase in heart attacks among users of the popular arthritis drug led the manufacturer to pull it from the market and has cast a shadow over similar medications.
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Pfizer Inc. on Friday said a government-sponsored cancer-prevention trial of its blockbuster arthritis drug Celebrex was halted after patients taking it had more than
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The Food and Drug Administration has given a Seattle company permission to resume its human tests of an experimental, gene-based arthritis treatment whose safety came into question this summer after a 36-year-old study participant died.
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Drug giant Pfizer Inc. reiterated Thursday that its arthritis drug Celebrex was safe to use after competitor Merck &amp; Co. pulled its arthritis drug Vioxx off the market worldwide after studies showed it raised the risk of heart attack.
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) Post. People taking Vioxx may feel betrayed now that the popular painkiller and arthritis medicine has been pulled from the market.
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Baxter International has pulled its flu vaccine from a clinical trial in Britain because of side effects. Baxter, of Deerfield, Ill.
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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
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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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A clinical trial of the blockbuster arthritis drug Celebrex was shut down Friday after researchers found an increase in the risk of serious heart disease and strokes in those taking the drug.
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The Food and Drug Administration has told a researcher that he cannot be part of an advisory panel that will review the safety of a class of drugs used to treat arthritis and pain.
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Medicines watchdogs are reviewing safety data for an entire class of drugs taken by millions of patients with arthritis and severe pain after the worldwide withdrawal of Merck&#39;s Vioxx last week.