Celebrex Trial Stopped After Heart Attacks
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Pfizer Inc. on Friday said a government-sponsored cancer-prevention trial of its blockbuster arthritis drug Celebrex was halted after patients taking it had more than
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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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Patients given the blood-clot preventer Plavix after a heart attack or after receiving a stent have a far higher risk of heart attack or death in the three months after they stop taking the drug, U.S. researchers said on Tuesday.
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I was taking Vioxx for my arthritis, and then it was pulled from the market. So I switched to Celebrex. Now, I understand that Celebrex also may cause heart problems?
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Researchers in the US have halted a government study involving a non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug known as Naproxen, brand Aleve, after data indicated possible increased heart risks associated with the painkiller.
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TUESDAY, Oct. 5 (HealthDayNews) -- A trial for what appeared to be a promising new therapy for Parkinson's disease has been halted, although researchers haven't given up hope that the drug will one day prove useful.
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Pfizer Inc. has agreed to suspend its advertisements for arthritis drug Celebrex while U.S. regulators review new data that link the drug to an elevated risk of heart attacks, a Food and Drug Administration spokeswoman said on Sunday.
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Like Vioxx, which was taken off the market in September because of safety concerns, Celebrex is a COX-2 inhibitor, a type of drug that eases the inflammation associated with arthritis typically without damaging the stomach.
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Confused by the news that the pain reliever Celebrex might increase the risk of heart attack, 67-year-old Sharon Panick went to her doctor this week to learn whether
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Momentum was growing for a fresh look at the safety of Celebrex and other pain relievers as key researchers, a congressman and European regulators said they feared such drugs might raise the risk of heart problems like those blamed on the arthritis medicine Vioxx.    Heavily advertised as an arthritis drug, Vioxx was pulled from the market last week after its maker said a study showed it doubled the risk of heart attack and stroke...
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Pfizer does not plan to recall Celebrex, but the company would immediately halt advertising this popular arthritis drug to consumers after a study showed that high doses were
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Pfizer Inc. on Friday said patients  taking its blockbuster arthritis drug Celebrex in a long-term  cancer-prevention trial had more than twice the number of fatal  or non-fatal heart attacks as those taking a placebo.
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A study testing whether Celebrex or naproxen would reduce the risk of Alzheimer's disease was halted Monday after researchers noted an increase in heart attack and stroke among participants who were taking naproxen, an over-the-counter pain reliever on the market for nearly 30 years.
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20/12/2004 - The safety of cox-2 inhibitors was plunged into further uncertainty after Pfizer released details of trials that found an increased risk of heart problems with patients taking its painkiller Celebrex.
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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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NEW YORK  - US drug giant Pfizer said it will stop advertising painkiller Celebrex after a trial indicated a heart-attack risk at high doses, but vowed to carry on sales.
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Bayer HealthCare stopped a late-stage trial of Nexavar in patients with non-small cell lung cancer after a monitoring committee concluded the study would not improve overall survival.