Painkillers safety to be probed
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The safety of common painkillers like ibuprofen is to be investigated, European regulators say.
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Scientists are hunting new ways to help millions of pain sufferers &#151; from addiction-resistant narcotics to using brain scanners for biofeedback &#151; amid a worrisome rise in abuse of today's top prescription painkillers.
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First it was antidepressants. Then Vioxx. Now questions have been raised about the safety of yet another drug, the painkiller Bextra, made by Pfizer (PFE ). Is there anything you can do to prevent the unnerving
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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 European Commission has ordered a full-scale probe into the safety of five remaining Cox-2 arthritis drugs, following last month&#39;s
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The US Food and Drug Administration says it plans to convene a panel of experts in February to discuss the safety of painkillers in the same class as the now-withdrawn drug Vioxx.
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Pain patients in London will be able to join a national study to test medicinal pot&#39;s safety. It&#39;s believed to be the first scientific look at how medical marijuana interacts or interferes with health problems
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Across the United States, doctors are struggling to decide which pain relievers to prescribe now that they know that popular drugs like Vioxx and Celebrex pose potentially serious heart risks.
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Drugs in the same category as Merck  & Co. Inc.'s withdrawn Vioxx painkiller will get close scrutiny  to see if they also can cause heart attacks, U.S. regulators  said on Thursday.
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The troubles surrounding a major class of painkillers may ultimately help cure what has long ailed the US Food and Drug Administration.
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The US Food and Drug Administration says it plans to convene a panel of experts in February to discuss the safety of painkillers in the same class as the now-withdrawn drug Vioxx, but one member of the panel was asked not to come.
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Doctors get a second warning about misusing the pain drug.
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Doctors are being urged to think twice before prescribing certain painkillers in light of new evidence suggesting they may increase cardiovascular risk.
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U.S. regulators have "serious concerns" about painkilling drugs in the class known as COX-2 inhibitors and are due to issue a new ruling on them within days, the Financial Times reported on its Web site on Sunday.
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A veteran scientist at the Food and Drug Administration said yesterday he will present new, unpublished findings about heart risk associated with a number of pain drugs at a meeting to assess whether they are safe enough for patients.
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Painkillers suspected of causing fatal heart disease may act by starting the process of hardening the arteries, researchers proposed on Thursday.
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The Food and Drug Administration yesterday ordered a review of all prevention studies involving drugs such as Celebrex and Bextra, which have been associated with increased risk of heart problems. The agency also urged the public to limit use of over-the-counter pain medications.