Painkiller questions get no relief
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WASHINGTON - With Vioxx off the market and heart-risk questions being raised about Celebrex and Aleve, what is someone who needs pain relief to do?
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Stunning news that a fourth popular painkiller may increase the risk of heart attack or stroke added anxiety Tuesday for patients already worried about the safety of the drugs.
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An Oregon man stopped taking the painkiller Vioxx when it was pulled from the market, switching to Bextra. Then questions about Bextra -- and four other drugs -- sent him back to his doctor with a new set of worries.
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Britain faces a shortage of a powerful painkiller used to treat cancer patients, the Department of Health reports. It said a supply problem with the opiate-based drug diamorphine meant stocks would soon reach
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NEW YORK  - The class of painkillers known  as nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) can relieve  the pain of osteoarthritis, but they may cause stomach  problems. The solution might be to avoid the stomach all  together.
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While researchers plan to look at the use of all NSAIDs in clinical trials, people shouldn&#39;t take high doses or for too long. By Amanda Gardner.
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In a recent trial, a pain medication wasn't as effective as had been hoped.
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When I get a particularly nasty headache, I race for the ibuprofen bottle and down three 200-milligram tablets (a dose long ago approved by my doctor) and get on with whatever I was doing, comforted by the knowledge that I've taken action to dull the pain and that I will feel better soon. When my husband has a headache, he delays doing anything -- including telling me, for whatever comfort that might bring -- and succumbs to the ibuprofen (taking just two tablets) only when the pain is so severe he can't do much else....
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Studies questioning the safety of the drugs Celebrex and Aleve have created a quandary for patients: If every drug that relieves their pain has worrisome side effects, what do they do?
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Emergency room doctors are prescribing strong narcotics more often to patients who complain of pain, but minorities are less likely to get them than whites, a new study finds. Even for the severe pain of kidney stones, minorities were prescribed narcotics such as oxycodone and morphine less frequently than whites.
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Often, patientsâ âhave you ever ...â questions are less a therapeutic riddle to be solved than an expression of genuine skepticism that they can indeed be helped.
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A popular painkiller is being withdrawn from the market over concerns about links with overdoses.
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Doctors get a second warning about misusing the pain drug.
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MONDAY, March 5 (HealthDay News) -- The painkiller ibuprofen --  found in over-the-counter Advil and Motrin -- worked better than two other analgesics commonly used in hospital emergency departments to relieve children's pain from musculoskeletal injuries such as sprained ankles, a new Canadian study shows.
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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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Federal regulators Thursday urged doctors to think twice before prescribing several popular and controversial painkillers to their patients with histories of heart trouble.
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&quot;We were wrong about Vioxx, but you can trust us on all those other meds,&quot; the FDA seems to be saying. If you enjoy this article, you may also be interested in an article entitled &#39;The FDA remains in state of denial about drug safety questions.