Painkiller news gives doctors headaches
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When the Food and Drug Administration raised concerns last week about the pain reliever Celebrex, Walgreen&#39;s pharmacist Gary Vachon recommended that people turn to naproxen, sold over the counter as Aleve.
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Doctors who led three studies  showing prescription painkillers called COX-2 inhibitors raise  the risk of heart attacks and stroke said on Tuesday the whole  class of drugs was in danger of being pulled from the market.
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WASHINGTON - The spate of bad news about painkillers has dealt a major setback to what had been a highly promising effort to use the drugs to prevent a host of leading killers, including many types of cancer, Alzheimer&#39;s and other forms of dementia.
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Medicines used by millions of Americans to relieve aches and pains will come under intense scrutiny starting Wednesday as U.S. scientists scour dozens of studies to determine if the drugs risk damaging the heart like Merck & Co. Inc.'s withdrawn arthritis pill Vioxx.
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Supplies of a powerful painkiller used to treat cancer patients are near critical lows, the Department of Health says. It said a supply problem with the opiate-based drug diamorphine meant
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It&#39;s not often that the head of a drug company says something that leads newscasts all over the country, but a recent announcement affected millions of consumers and doctors.
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Scientists and European regulators are now questioning the safety of other pain relievers like Vioxx, saying these medications also might raise the risk of heart attack and stroke.
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U.S. regulators have "serious concerns"  about painkilling drugs in the class known as COX-2 inhibitors  and are due to issue a new ruling on them within days, the  Financial Times reported on its Web site on Sunday.
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Pfizer Inc. will warn doctors that its Bextra painkiller, in the same group of drugs as Merck &amp; Co.&#39;s withdrawn Vioxx, is linked to an elevated risk of blood clots, heart attacks and strokes in cardiac-surgery patients.
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Concern over the recently publicized risks of drugs such as Vioxx and Celebrex has left doctors and patients with difficult choices.
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ARTHRITIS sufferers were yesterday warned that a widely-used painkiller increases the risk of heart attack and strokes and were urged to contact their doctors.
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Cephalon Inc has warned doctors about deaths linked to its cancer pain drug Fentora, according to U.S. regulators.
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New evidence shows all popular arthritis painkillers known as COX-2 inhibitors may put users at greater risk of heart attacks and strokes, the latest addition to the recent crop of safety concerns for the drugs.
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Last weekâs dramatic withdrawal of the COX-2 inhibitor rofecoxib (Vioxx) is discussed in this weekâs lead editorial in THE LANCET, which comments that more vigilant drug licensing is vital to prevent the endangering of patientsâ health.
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BEIJING, Dec. 24 -- FDA has recommended on Thursday that doctors and users are cautious to use the controversial painkillers -- Pfizer Inc.
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Doctors are struggling to decide which pain relievers to prescribe now that they know that drugs like Vioxx and Celebrex pose serious heart risks.
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Description: Americans have recently learned that four popular painkillers -- Vioxx, Celebrex, Bextra and naproxen -- have been linked to an increased risk of heart attack and stroke.