Study Suggests How COX Drugs Cause Heart Disease
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Painkillers suspected of causing  fatal heart disease may act by starting the process of  hardening the arteries, researchers proposed on Thursday.
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Two leading heart experts called for urgent investigations on Wednesday into whether all painkilling drugs known as COX-2 inhibitors may raise the risk of heart attack in some people.
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Pharmaceutical giant Pfizer Inc. has acknowledged that a 1999 study found Alzheimer's patients taking the pain killer Celebrex were up to four times more likely to have cardiovascular risk factors than those taking a placebo.
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The Wall Street Journal has reported that pharmaceutical company Merck knew as far back as 2000 that its arthritis medication, Vioxx, was linked to an increased risk of heart attack.
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NEW YORK  - A new study adds to the  evidence that cardiac risk is increased in Vioxx (rofecoxib)  users, even in those without a history of heart attack. The  results also show that at lower doses of Vioxx, concurrent  aspirin use can reduce the risk and the risk decreases to  normal levels after Vioxx is discontinued.
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Several pain medicines in the United States have been linked to an increase in heart attacks and strokes. Pfizer Drug Company says a new study shows that high levels of Celebrex increase the risk of heart attack.
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People taking nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) who suddenly stop face an almost 50 percent increased risk for having a heart attack during the first few weeks
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Patients who discontinue long-term use of anti-inflammatory drugs such as ibuprofen and naproxen run a higher risk of heart attack for a few weeks immediately afterward, a study said on Monday.
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The safety of Celebrex and other pain relievers was questioned Wednesday as scientists in the United States and regulatory agencies in Europe said they feared such drugs might raise the same risk of heart problems as those blamed on the arthritis medicine Vioxx.    One key researcher charged the U.S...
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Another blockbuster painkiller, Celebrex, has been found to raise the risk of heart attacks when taken in high doses, the drug&#39;s maker said yesterday.
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Arthritis drugs known as COX-2 inhibitors raise blood pressure more than older pain relievers, which may explain why the newer medicines have been linked to heart attacks, Australian researchers reported on Monday.
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A new study shows that the prescription drug Vioxx can drastically increase a person&#39;s risk of sudden cardiac death, and that risk is greater if you take a higher dose, or if you take it for a long time.
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A new study finds that Celebrex, a painkiller from the family of cox-2-inhibitors, is safer than Vioxx, when it comes to the risk for heart attack.
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WASHINGTON - A painkiller linked to potentially fatal heart disease may contribute to hardening of the arteries in young women. Merck and Co&#39;s arthritis drug Vioxx was pulled from the market in September after
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Three years after cardiologists at the Cleveland Clinic warned of the dangers of the popular arthritis drug Vioxx, subsequent studies have found that the medication puts patients at greater risk of heart attacks and strokes.
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Research shows that the dangers linking the arthritis drug Vioxx, a COX-2 inhibitor, to an increased risk of heart attacks, were known in 2000, which should have led to its immediate recall.
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The popular pain relief drug Celebrex can triple the risk of heart attacks and strokes, according to a study by the US National Cancer Institute.