High dosage of Celebrex carries heart attack, stroke risk, Pfizer ...
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Pfizer Inc. said Friday that it found an increased risk of heart attacks and strokes for patients taking high dosages of its top-selling arthritis painkiller Celebrex, the same
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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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Deciding whether to take Celebrex, Pfizer&#39;s popular arthritis drug, means choosing between pain relief and the risk of heart problems and strokes, area doctors say.
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Another shock hit the drug sector Friday when pharmaceutical giant Pfizer Inc. announced that it found an increased heart risk to patients for its blockbuster arthritis drug Celebrex.
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An independent study carried out at the University of Pennsylvania has shown that your risk of having a heart attack is three times greater with Vioxx than with Celebrex.
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Documents from Canadian health authorities show that Pfizer Inc.&#39;s painkiller Celebrex is suspected of contributing to at least 14 deaths and other heart and brain side effects, according to the National Post newspaper in Toronto.
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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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As the Food and Drug Administration prepares to make recommendations about Pfizer&#39;s (PFE:NYSE - news - research) Celebrex, the companies that ultimately pay for the drug aren&#39;t leaping to conclusions merely because one recent study showed patients taking
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US drug giant Pfizer has said a trial had found a sharp rise in heart attacks for patients using its Celebrex arthritis and pain medicine but it would not immediately withdraw the treatment.
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Millions of people who take Celebrex to treat arthritis have been left with a difficult decision to make after a study showed Celebrex increases the risk of heart attacks and strokes when taken in large doses.
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Description: Pfizer says a study found an increased risk of heart problems with the painkiller Celebrex. The news comes after another painkiller, Vioxx, was withdrawn from the market.
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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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Users of an anti-arthritis drug linked by a study to an increased risk of heart attacks and strokes have been urged not to panic. The UK Department of Health said users of Celebrex, manufactured by US drug
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FRIDAY, Dec. 17 (HealthDayNews) -- Pfizer Inc. said Friday that a study of its popular pain drug Celebrex in cancer patients had found an apparent increased risk of heart attack and other cardiovascular problems.
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The study will involve osteoarthritis patients at high risk for cardiovascular disease, though Pfizer remains confident in the long-term safety of Celebrex.
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More evidence of how painkillers called COX-2 inhibitors can raise the risk of heart disease was published Monday, showing Pfizer Inc.'s Bextra can triple the risk of heart attack and stroke in certain patients.