Vioxx three times as dangerous as Celebrex, study indicates
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An independent study carried out at the University of Pennsylvania has shown that your risk of having a heart attack is three times greater with Vioxx than with Celebrex.
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A study in a leading medical journal found Pfizer&#39;s Celebrex does not pose the same risk of causing heart attacks as Vioxx, the competing medicine Merck withdrew from the market because of safety concerns.
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Most patients who used Celebrex and Vioxx would have done as well on older, cheaper arthritis medications and would have avoided the potential heart and stroke risks of those blockbuster drugs, a new study says.
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Pfizer Inc. says a new study finds increased risk of heart problems with taking painkiller drug Celebrex.
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Physicians and researchers estimate that Vioxx, a pain reliever found to increase cardiovascular risks, may have caused as many as 55,000 deaths in the United States.
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Merck & Co. faces a dual threat from health insurers and patients' lawyers, after a U.S. study suggested its Vioxx arthritis drug carries a greater risk than rival medicines.
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More evidence of how painkillers  called COX-2 inhibitors can raise the risk of heart disease was  published Monday, showing Pfizer Inc.'s Bextra can triple the  risk of heart attack and stroke in certain patients.
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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.
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The safety of Merck&#39;s (MRK:NYSE - news - research) Vioxx has been questioned again with the posting of an internal Food and Drug Administration study on the agency&#39;s website.
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Celebrex, a huge-selling painkiller sold by Pfizer, more than tripled the risk of heart attacks, strokes and death among those taking high doses in a national trial, the company said Friday.
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Merck &amp; Co.&#39;s Vioxx painkiller&#39;s heart risk was evident in studies four years before the drug was recalled -- and it should have been pulled from the market then, according to a study published in the medical journal Lancet.
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(Brooklyn-WABC, September 30, 2004) - A massive drug recall -- the arthritis drug Vioxx is now linked to a higher risk of heart attacks and stroke.
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More evidence of how painkillers called COX-2 inhibitors can raise the risk of heart disease was published Monday, showing Pfizer Inc.'s Bextra can triple the risk of heart attack and stroke in certain patients.
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Merck &amp; Co.&#39;s Vioxx painkiller showed heart risk in studies four years before the drug was recalled, and it should have been pulled from the market then, according to a study published in the medical journal Lancet.
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Aug. 26, 2004 -- The arthritis drug Vioxx may carry a higher risk of serious, even fatal heart problems than similar drugs such as Celebrex.
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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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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 drug pulled from the market last week after a study suggested it doubled the risk of heart attacks and strokes.