Advice issued on painkiller use
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Patients taking a class of painkilling drugs called Cox-2 inhibitors have been advised to contact their GP to review their treatment.
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From coast to coast, warnings about several popular anti-inflammatory painkillers are triggering  confusion and anxiety.
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In a recent trial, a pain medication wasn't as effective as had been hoped.
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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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Dec. 23, 2004 - The Food and Drug Administration today issued a Public Health Advisory summarizing the agency&#39;s recent cautions and recommendations concerning the use of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug
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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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Tens of thousands of people may have been seriously harmed by the painkiller Vioxx, and many more may be at risk from taking other popular drugs of the same class, two experts wrote in papers released Wednesday.
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As people worried about about painkillers after more warnings of potential heart risk, local and national experts advised pain sufferers not to panic.
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The public shouldn&#39;t have to wonder if the medicines they take are going to cure them or kill them. Recent suspicions that a number of painkillers carry potential health risks suggests the agency responsible
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The Food and Drug Administration yesterday warned nursing mothers who are taking the painkiller codeine to be vigilant for unusual drowsiness or other signs of overdose in their babies, because a significant fraction of women carry a gene that leads to high concentrations of narcotic substances in...
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BEIJING, Dec. 22 -- The Chinese State Food and Drug Administration (SFDA) advised patients to be cautious when using the drug Celebrex for treating osteoarthritis.
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The government is warning of potential heart problems associated with the use of the painkiller Bextra in people who have recently had heart bypass surgery.
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MONDAY, March 5 (HealthDay News) -- The painkiller ibuprofen --  found in over-the-counter Advil and Motrin -- worked better than two other analgesics commonly used in hospital emergency departments to relieve children's pain from musculoskeletal injuries such as sprained ankles, a new Canadian study shows.
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Editor&#39;s Note: Published on page A19 of the Nov. 23, 2004 issue of the Philippine Daily Inquirer. This was the Department of Health&#39;s advice yesterday to the public over the
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Doctors treating people for chronic pain should avoid using all medications -- at least at first -- the American Heart Association advised yesterday in guidelines designed to have a significant impact on the use of medications known as nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, or NSAIDs.
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US health regulators have warned of heart risks connected to over-the-counter painkiller naproxen, creating additional confusion over the safety of similar drugs after recent warnings for two other painkillers.
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Agency says painkillers, such as Alleve and Naprosyn, can cause an increased risk of heart problems. WASHINGTON  - The US Food and Drug Administration on Monday issued a warning to patients taking