If you&#39;re worried about Celebrex and Vioxx, you ain&#39;t seen nothin&#39; ...
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The White House says the Food and Drug administration is doing a &quot;spectacular&quot; job. Really? The FDA didn&#39;t respond to warning signs that block-buster painkillers like Celebrex and Vioxx increased the risk of heart attacks.
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(Ivanhoe Newswire) -- A new study reveals a greater risk of heart attack associated with Vioxx (rofecoxib) than with Celebrex (celecoxib), although neither drug shows a statistically significant elevated risk of heart attack relative to people who did not
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Scientists in the United States and Great Britain are calling for a fresh look at Celebrex and other medications similar to Vioxx, the heavily advertised arthritis
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Deciding whether to take Celebrex, Pfizer&#39;s popular arthritis drug, means choosing between pain relief and the risk of heart problems and strokes, area doctors say.
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If drugs like Vioxx and Celebrex do prevent cancer, which risk is worse, cancer if you do not take them, or heart attacks if you do? Who decides?
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Merck can&#39;t expect any immediate relief from the medicine that was supposed to replace Vioxx, the pain medication it took off the market.
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The good news about the latest blockbuster-drug debacle, this one involving the arthritis medication Celebrex, is that the consumer-protection system - such as it is - appears to have worked.
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Merck & Co Inc. is evaluating why its withdrawn painkiller Vioxx raises the chance of heart attack and stroke, but it has not found a mechanism of action, a company official said on Monday.
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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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Cleveland Clinic cardiologist Eric Topol was one of the first to point out the potential heart risk of Merck&#39;s (nyse: MRK - news - people ) withdrawn Vioxx and Pfizer&#39;s (nyse: PFE - news - people ) Celebrex.
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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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With a shadow cast over the entire Cox-II family of drugs, a University of Michigan expert offers advice for patients who have been taking Celebrex or Bextra, or who stopped taking Vioxx and still arenï¿½t sure which drug to choose for pain relief.
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Users of an anti-arthritis drug linked by a study to an increased risk of heart attacks and strokes are urged not to panic.
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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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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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While researchers plan to look at the use of all NSAIDs in clinical trials, people shouldn&#39;t take high doses or for too long. By Amanda Gardner.
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A paper published Tuesday suggests that Vioxx posed heart risks that a similar drug, Celebrex, does not.