Studies may cripple other arthritis drugs
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A week after the popular arthritis drug Vioxx was yanked because of safety concerns, a top researcher warns similar medications may also pose the same health risks.
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NEW YORK  - A drug often used to treat  rheumatoid arthritis -- methotrexate -- seems to improve a  condition known as ankylosing spondylitis, Mexican researchers  report.
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The arthritis drug rofecoxib (Vioxx) was withdrawn from the market after a study demonstrated that it increases the risk of heart attack and stroke.
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AUSTRALIAâS drug regulator is fast-tracking a review into a class of arthritis drugs which are believed to increase the risk of heart attack.
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WEDNESDAY, Aug. 29 (HealthDay News) -- People taking rheumatoid arthritis drugs such as etanercept (Enbrel) or infliximab (Remicade) may be at a slightly increased risk for skin cancer, researchers report.
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(Undated) Oct. 19, 2004 - The maker of arthritis drug Celebrex is launching a study to see if the drug has the same dangerous side effects that took Vioxx off the market.
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Researchers at the Los Angeles Biomedical Research Institute have identified a disease mechanism underlying rheumatoid arthritis, which may help in the introduction of new therapies for the disease and other such debilitating autoimmune disorders like
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Amid growing concerns, the maker of the widely sold arthritis drug announced Monday that it will soon begin a major clinical trial to determine whether the drug is safe for long-term use.
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TORONTO (CP) - The arthritis medication at the centre of one of the biggest drug recalls in history was associated with dozens of heart problems and strokes - at least four of them fatal - during the study that led to its demise.
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NEW YORK  - A drug approved for the treatment of arthritis may have a role in reducing the risk of diabetes and heart trouble developing in young obese individuals, Harvard researchers report.
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With the recent news of heart problems associated with drugs such as Vioxx, Celebrex and Bextra, people who suffer from the pain associated with arthritis have difficult choices to make.
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A study of the arthritis drug Celebrex casts doubt on the company's insistence that it had no hint of the drug's potential heart and stroke risks until recently.
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Arthritis patients who use pain-relief medications similar to Vioxx may have cause for concern. Merck, the maker of Vioxx, pulled it from the market when it said research had found it doubled the risk of heart problems.
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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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An arthritis drug withdrawn last year could have caused  thousands of serious heart problems, and even deaths, researchers suggest.
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It can be incredibly difficult for patients to ferret out studies of experimental drugs that offer hope to threat their disease. There is no comprehensive database of ongoing clinical trials, but specialists offer advice for the search:
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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.