Study Raises Concern Over Safety of Pfizer Painkiller Celebrex
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Pfizer Inc. said today that it had found an increased risk of heart troubles in some people taking higher dosages of Celebrex, its popular arthritis and pain relief drug.
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Scientists and European regulators are now questioning the safety of other pain relievers like Vioxx, saying they also might raise the risk of heart attack and stroke.
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Pfizer Inc. on Friday reported an increased risk of heart problems among patients taking high doses of its popular painkiller and arthritis drug Celebrex.
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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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Celebrex, an arthritis pain reliever used by tens of millions of people, has been found to elevate the risk of heart attack and stroke.
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BEIJING, Dec. 24 -- FDA has recommended on Thursday that doctors and users are cautious to use the controversial painkillers -- Pfizer Inc.
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New evidence shows all popular arthritis painkillers known as COX-2 inhibitors may put users at greater risk of heart attacks and strokes, the latest addition to the recent crop of safety concerns for the drugs.
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Concern over the safety of anti-inflammatory drugs such as Pfizer&#39;s Celebrex intensified on Tuesday after regulators advised 600,000 Britons with heart problems to switch to other treatments as soon as convenient.
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Celebrex, the nation&#39;s leading arthritis painkiller, raises the risk of heart attack when taken at high doses, the drug&#39;s maker said yesterday in the latest blow to a class of powerful and widely promoted drugs.
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Celebrex, the nation&#39;s leading painkiller, raises the risk of heart attack when taken at very high doses, the drug&#39;s maker said Friday in the latest blow to a class of powerful and widely touted drugs.
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Celebrex, a huge-selling painkiller sold by Pfizer, more than tripled the risk of heart attacks, strokes and death among those taking high doses in a national trial, the company said yesterday.
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Pfizer Inc. said on Thursday its arthritis drug Celebrex is safe. Its comments followed a report in a Canadian newspaper that raised concerns the drug may have been linked to 14 deaths.
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Pfizer Inc. on Friday said patients taking its blockbuster arthritis drug Celebrex in a long-term cancer-prevention trial had more than twice the number of fatal or non-fatal heart attacks as those taking a placebo.
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Pfizer Inc. and Canadian health officials moved Thursday to answer concerns over the painkiller Celebrex after a news report raised safety questions about the drug.
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Less than a week after two sets of new data raised questions about the cardiovascular safety of two widely used painkillers, the Pfizer Inc.
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[India News]: New York, Dec 20 : America&#39;s multibillion dollar pharmaceutical industry has been shaken by reports that Pfizer&#39;s high-profile arthritis drug, Celebrex, is said to cause an increased risk of heart attack.
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Scientists and European regulators are now questioning the safety of other pain relievers like Vioxx, saying these medications also might raise the risk of heart attack and stroke.