FDA urges limits on Celebrex, Bextra
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The Food and Drug Administration issued a public health advisory Thursday, recommending doctors limit the use of Pfizer Inc.&#39;s Celebrex and Bextra to patients who can&#39;t take other pain medicines.
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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 drugmaker's sister drug, Celebrex,  doubled risk of heart attacks.
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BEIJING, Dec. 22 -- The Chinese State Food and Drug Administration (SFDA) advised patients to be cautious when using the drug Celebrex for treating osteoarthritis.
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NEW YORK - On. Dec. 17, the US Food and Drug Administration released a statement relating to Pfizer&#39;s (nyse: PFE - news - people ) Celebrex.
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No. 1 drugmaker to end marketing push after study points to higher risk of heart attack, stroke. NEW YORK (CNN) - Under pressure from regulators, Pfizer has agreed to limit advertising of Celebrex after a
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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.'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 U.S. Food and Drug Administration said on Thursday.
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The controversy over painkillers known as Cox-2 inhibitors like Vioxx, Celebrex and Bextra and major cardiovascular events has prompted a leading heart specialist to speak out.
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Consumers are advised that all over-the-counter pain medications should be used only as the label directs. While Celebrex and Bextra remain on the market, Merck recently withdrew its COX-2 Vioxx because of the increased risk of cardiovascular events.
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NEW YORK, December 30  - New prescriptions for pharmaceutical major Pfizerâs (PFE.NYS) arthritis drug Celebrex declined 56% last week after the company revealed that the regular usage of the drug could enhance the risk of heart attacks
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Kaiser Permanente has stopped dispensing Bextra, an arthritis and pain drug made by Pfizer that may increase the risk of heart attacks and strokes.
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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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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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NEW YORK, December 21  - The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) warned today against the long-term usage of another arthritis drug, naproxen, after studies revealed increased risks of cardiovascular events.
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The U.S. Food and Drug  Administration warned Pfizer Inc. over television and print  advertisements for its painkillers Celebrex and Bextra, saying  they mislead consumers, according to a letter made public on  Wednesday.
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The Food and Drug Administration has published a note on its Web site regarding new warnings added to the labeling for Bextra, an arthritis pain drug made by Pfizer (nyse: PFE - news - people ). The warnings
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New York - Pfizer, the world&#39;s largest drug maker, is discussing with US regulators whether to add a stronger warning to its Bextra painkiller about rare, serious skin reactions.