Pfizer Warns of Risks From Its Painkiller
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Pfizer warned doctors that one of its best-selling painkillers, Bextra, might increase the risk of heart attack or stroke in coronary artery bypass surgery patients.
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Pfizer Inc., the world&#39;s biggest drugmaker, said it will stop advertising its Celebrex painkiller to consumers after a study showed the drug more than doubled the risk of heart attacks when given in high doses.
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Doctors writing in a prominent medical  journal on Friday recommended that physicians stop prescribing  Pfizer Inc.'s Bextra painkiller, just as a large study found  the drug maker's sister drug, Celebrex, doubled risk of heart  attacks.
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NEW YORK - A new round of trials have shown a boosted risk of heart problems among patients taking the painkiller Celebrex, manufacturer Pfizer Inc.
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Pfizer Inc., the world&#39;s biggest drugmaker, defended its painkiller Celebrex after a researcher&#39;s suggestion the medication may be linked to heart risks sent the stock down as much as 8.3 percent.
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Pfizer Inc. will warn doctors that its Bextra painkiller, which is in the same group of drugs as Merck &amp; Co.&#39;s withdrawn Vioxx, is linked to an elevated risk of blood clots, heart attacks and strokes in cardiac-surgery patients.
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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 The news comes after another painkiller, Vioxx, was withdrawn from the market.
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12/21/04 -- It&#39;s the third largest pain relief drug in recent months to be linked with an increased risk of heart attack and stroke.
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Pfizer Inc.'s painkiller Bextra will  come with a new warning about the possibility of heart attacks  and blood clots in patients who have just had heart bypass  surgery, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration said on  Thursday.
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Drugmaker Pfizer announced Friday that its painkiller Celebrex puts patients at &quot;increased cardiovascular risk&quot; for heart problems, citing a long-term cancer study.
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US health regulators recommended on Thursday that doctors limit prescribing painkillers like Pfizer Inc.&#39;s Celebrex and Bextra, in light of recent evidence that they may increase the risk of heart attack and stroke.
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The stock is feeling some pain these days. However, this drugmaker has enough going for it that the illness shouldn&#39;t last. Amid nervousness over the future of Pfizer&#39;s arthritis pain treatment Celebrex and
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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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U.S. health officials on Thursday  called on doctors to limit prescribing Pfizer Inc. painkillers  Celebrex and Bextra in light of recent evidence that they may  increase the risk of heart attack and stroke.
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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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Pfizer on Sunday reaffirmed its commitment to Celebrex, its blockbuster prescription medication for pain and inflammation from arthritis, despite a disclosure last week that the drug had increased the risk of heart attacks, strokes and death among some
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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.