Arthritis drug withdrawn over stroke risk
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ARTHRITIS sufferers were yesterday warned that a widely-used painkiller increases the risk of heart attack and strokes and were urged to contact their doctors.
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Pfizer Inc. said it found an increased risk of heart attacks and strokes for patients taking high dosages of its top-selling arthritis painkiller Celebrex -- the same problem that led to the withdrawal of its one-time competitor, Vioxx.
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The $2.3 billion arthritis drug is withdrawn from the market.
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TRENTON, NJ (CP) - Vioxx, the blockbuster arthritis drug taken by tens of millions of people, was pulled from the market by its maker Thursday after a study found it doubled the risk of heart attacks and strokes.
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Thousands of Kiwi arthritis sufferers are taking a drug which New Zealand research suggests may carry as much risk of causing heart attacks and strokes as one that has just been withdrawn worldwide.
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Like millions of arthritis sufferers, she was a long-time user of Vioxx, the popular painkiller that was pulled from the market two weeks ago because of an increased risk of heart attack and stroke.
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Celebrex, an arthritis pain reliever used by tens of millions of people, has been found to elevate the risk of heart attack and stroke.
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NEW YORK  - In patients with rheumatoid   arthritis, use of disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs, or   DMARDs, seems to lower the increased risk of cardiovascular   disease associated with rheumatoid arthritis, research   suggests.
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Merck & Co. said on Thursday withdrew its arthritis drug Vioxx globally after a colon cancer trial confirmed long-standing concerns the drug raises the risk of heart attack and stroke.
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Description: Scientists say the arthritis drug Bextra may pose increased risk of cardiovascular troubles. Bextra is related to Vioxx, which was pulled off the market in September for the same reason.
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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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GAITHERSBURG, Md.  - The heart attack and stroke  risks linked to withdrawn arthritis drug Vioxx are an inherent  problem for similar pain pills, Vioxx maker Merck & Co. Inc.  MRK.N told advisers to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration  on Wednesday.
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Merck Labs has pulled Vioxx, their arthritis drug, off the market after discovering during trials the possibility of a link to stroke or heart attack.
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A PAINKILLER for arthritis sufferers should have been banned four years ago, experts said yesterday. Vioxx, used by 400,000 Brits, was taken off the market by its US makers last month due to potentially deadly side-effects.
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A clinical trial of the blockbuster arthritis drug Celebrex was shut down yesterday after researchers found an increase in the risk of serious heart disease and strokes in those taking the
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The Swiss pharmaceutical group Novartis withdrew on Tuesday an application for EU approval of a new arthritis drug called Prexige to await a review of such treatments next year.
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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.