Vioxx May Not Be Only Drug With Heart Risk
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It might not just be Vioxx that carries a risk of heart problems. Scientists and European regulators say users of similar pain-relief medications also may have cause for concern.
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Patients taking Merck & Co.'s Vioxx arthritis drug had 50 percent more heart attacks and cases of sudden cardiac death than those taking Pfizer Inc.'s rival Celebrex drug, according to a large study financed by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.
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Arthritis patients who use pain-relief medications similar to Vioxx may have cause for concern. Merck, the maker of Vioxx, pulled it from the market when it said research had found it doubled the risk of heart problems.
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Without clearer evidence of the safety of painkillers similar to Vioxx, doctors should avoid prescribing them for patients at risk of heart disease, according
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Merck &amp; Co.&#39;s Vioxx painkiller showed heart risk in studies four years before the drug was recalled, and it should have been pulled from the market then, according to a study published in the medical journal Lancet.
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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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Oct. 6, 2004 - Scientists in the United States and regulatory agencies in Europe on Wednesdsay questioned whether Celebrex and other pain relievers might raise the same risk of heart problems as those blamed on the arthritis medicine Vioxx.
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People who take Merck & Co. Inc.'s analgesic Vioxx are nearly three times as likely to have heart attacks as those taking Pfizer Inc.'s Celebrex, according to an independent study published on Monday.
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WASHINGTON -- A study led by a Food and Drug Administration safety official projects that the widespread use of Vioxx may have led to more than 27,000 heart attacks and sudden cardiac deaths before the drug&#39;s abrupt withdrawal last week by Merck &amp; Co.
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GAITHERSBURG, Md.  - The heart attack and stroke  risks linked to withdrawn arthritis drug Vioxx are an inherent  problem for similar pain pills, Vioxx maker Merck & Co. Inc.  told advisers to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration on  Wednesday.
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The painkiller Vioxx increases the chance of heart attack and death from cardiac arrest more than Celebrex does, according to a large study financed by the Food and Drug Administration.
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People who take Merck & Co. Inc.'s  analgesic Vioxx are nearly three times as likely to have heart  attacks as those taking Pfizer Inc.'s Celebrex, according to an  independent study published on Monday.
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The findings may be relevant to many people who take aspirin to prevent heart problems as well as a COX-2 inhibitor drug like Vioxx for arthritis.
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The study&#39;s findings were dramatic: 20 patients on Vioxx had heart attacks. Only four had heart attacks on the comparison drug.
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Patients taking Merck & Co.'s Vioxx  arthritis drug had 50 percent more heart attacks and cases of  sudden cardiac death than those taking Pfizer Inc.'s rival  Celebrex drug, according to a large study financed by the U.S.  Food and Drug Administration.
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Two studies released yesterday have turned up new evidence that all of the popular arthritis painkillers known as cox-2 inhibitors may put users at greater risk of heart attacks and strokes.
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A study in a leading medical journal found Pfizer&#39;s Celebrex does not pose the same risk of causing heart attacks as Vioxx, the competing medicine Merck withdrew from the market because of safety concerns.