Canada Finds No Causal Link Between Deaths and Celebrex Use
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While it says that it has received reports of 20 people dying while taking Pfizer Inc.s painkiller Celebrex, Canada&#39;s health regulatory body says it can&#39;t conclude that there&#39;s a cause-and-effect link.
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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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TORONTO (CP) - Health authorities were left scrambling Friday when the company that makes one of the world's most popular pain relievers admitted Celebrex appears to increase the risk of heart attack in users.
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Dec 07  - Celebrex (celecoxib) does not raise the risk of heart attack to the extent that Vioxx (rofecoxib) does, according to an early online release from the Annals of Internal Medicine.
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Prudential Equity Group maintained a &quot;neutral weight&quot; rating on Pfizer (nyse: PFE - news - people ) after Canadian news reports surfaced linking its arthritis drug Celebrex with cardiovascular side effects.
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According to an NIH study, people who took Naproxen (Celebrex) to treat Alzheimer&#39;s disease are 50% more likely to suffer from a heart attack or stroke - the study was halted because of this.
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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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Pfizer (PFE) said Friday that it has received new information about the cardiovascular safety of its popular arthritis drug Celebrex, based on an analysis of a long-term cancer trial, but it has no plans to withdraw the drug.
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Novartis AG failed to give the government prompt, accurate reports about deaths of dogs treated with a painkiller in the same class of medicines now linked to heart problems in humans, US regulators have charged in a letter.
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The safety of Celebrex and other pain relievers was questioned Wednesday as scientists in the United States and regulatory agencies in Europe said they feared such drugs might raise the same risk of heart problems as those blamed on the arthritis medicine Vioxx.    One key researcher charged the U.S...
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New research suggests that top-selling pain reliever Celebrex does not carry the same heart attack risk as Vioxx, a similar drug pulled from the market in September because of safety concerns.
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ONE of the most widely prescribed blood pressure drugs in Australia may be no more effective at preventing death from heart disease than a placebo.
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The Food and Drug Administration said yesterday that it does not plan to follow the lead of Canadian regulators who took a drug for attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder off the market because of reports that it has been linked to 20 sudden deaths and a dozen strokes, including some among children.
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Users of an anti-arthritis drug linked by a study to an increased risk of heart attacks and strokes have been urged not to panic. The UK Department of Health said users of Celebrex, manufactured by US drug
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WEDNESDAY, Aug. 30 (HealthDay News) -- The final word on whether the cox-2 painkiller Celebrex might be used to prevent colon cancer is a definite &quot;no,&quot; according to the long-awaited results of two major studies.
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Shares of Pfizer (PFE:NYSE - news - research) dropped Thursday after a Canadian newspaper reported that the arthritis drug Celebrex is &quot;suspected of contributing to at least 14 deaths.
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Researchers who analyzed data on the timing of more than 1 million deaths over more than a decade say they found no evidence that cancer patients can &quot;cheat death&quot; to intentionally postpone the