How safe are Vioxx type painkillers, asks heart expert
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Professor Garret A FitzGerald, an eminent cardiologists, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, says doctors should be cautious about using Vioxx type medicines, especially if the patient is at risk of heart disease.
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Washington - The health risks found in pain-relieving drugs known as COX-2 inhibitors, such as Vioxx, underscore the need for health authorities to test drugs already on the market, a top United States (US) cardiologist has warned.
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Drugs in the same category as Merck & Co. Inc.'s withdrawn Vioxx painkiller will get close scrutiny to see if they also can cause heart attacks, U.S. regulators said on Thursday.
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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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Vioxx, the painkiller recalled last  September because of safety concerns, may have caused up to  140,000 cases of serious heart disease in the United States,  researchers said on Tuesday.
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Two studies offer more evidence about   the dangers of some painkillers, adding kidney problems to   heart concerns already raised with the drug once sold as Vioxx,   researchers said on Tuesday.
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The controversy over painkillers known as Cox-2 inhibitors like Vioxx, Celebrex and Bextra and major cardiovascular events has prompted a leading heart specialist to speak out.
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NEW YORK - At the end of Pfizer&#39;s annual analyst meeting, Chief Executive Hank McKinnell dropped a bombshell. Older, over-the-counter pain medicines may not be safe for the heart, McKinnell said, because there
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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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ASK YOUR DOCTOR ABOUT VIOXX . . . but not for the reasons Merck &amp; Co. recommends. Last week a Food and Drug Administration (FDA) study found a link with heart attacks, and several large health insurers said
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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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Nov. 10, 2004 (New Orleans) -- A leading heart researcher says the painkiller Bextra increases the risk of heart attacks and strokes and may pose a greater risk than Vioxx.
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By Amanda Gardner, HealthDay Reporter    HealthDayNews -- A new painkiller, one of the family of COX-2 inhibitors, appears to be as safe as certain other drugs when it comes to cardiac effects.    And it's safer than other drugs that can cause gastrointestinal complications, new research contends...
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FDA researchers say taking high doses of arthritis drug can raise risk of heart attacks. WASHINGTON -- The nation&#39;s largest health management organization is considering changing how it prescribes Vioxx after
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SINGAPORE : Doctors in the United States have warned that painkillers Bextra and Celebrex may be linked to major cardiovascular problems and should not be prescribed.
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Momentum was growing for a fresh look at the safety of Celebrex and other pain relievers as key researchers, a congressman and European regulators said they feared such drugs might raise the risk of heart problems like those blamed on the arthritis medicine Vioxx.    Heavily advertised as an arthritis drug, Vioxx was pulled from the market last week after its maker said a study showed it doubled the risk of heart attack and stroke...
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People who take Merck &amp; Co. Inc.&#39;s analgesic Vioxx are nearly three times as likely to have heart attacks as those taking Pfizer Inc.