Study: Celebrex appears to be safer than Vioxx
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New research suggests that top-selling pain reliever Celebrex does not carry the same heart attack risk as Vioxx, a similar drug pulled from the market in September because of safety concerns.
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NEW YORK/OTTAWA  - Pfizer Inc. PFE.N said on  Thursday its arthritis drug Celebrex was safe after a report in  a Canadian newspaper linked it to 14 deaths,
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Two studies released yesterday have turned up new evidence that all of the popular arthritis painkillers known as cox-2 inhibitors may put users at greater risk of heart attacks and strokes.
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Risks of first, nonfatal myocardial infarction was tripled with rofecoxib, compared with celecoxib users, Annals study shows. To determine whether and to what extent COX-2-selective inhibitors affected individuals
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The recall of Merck&#39;s arthritis drug Vioxx has drawn attention to drug overall safety, more specifically, a similar drug known as Celebrex, by the drug maker Pfizer.
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The painkiller Vioxx increases the chance of heart attack and death from cardiac arrest more than Celebrex does, according to a large study financed by the Food and Drug Administration.
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As drugmakers scramble to grab Vioxx&#39;s multi-billion-dollar share of the arthritis and pain-relief market, patients might find themselves wondering whether the competing medications are much safer.
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Pfizer acknowledged that a clinical trial found that elderly patients taking Celebrex were more likely to suffer heart problems than patients taking a placebo.
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Concerns that Celebrex may increase the risk of heart attack could keep what is still a relatively safe medication away from patients who suffer from arthritis and other painful ailments, some doctors say.
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(KSL News) -- New research suggests the risk of heart attack is three times higher among arthritis patients who used the pain killer Vioxx than it is among those who used a chemically similar drug, Celebrex.
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Pfizer Inc. on Friday said its popular Celebrex arthritis drug more than doubled the risk of heart attack in a large cancer-prevention trial, a setback that comes just weeks after Merck & Co. recalled its similar Vioxx drug due to heart safety risks.
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Without clearer evidence of the safety of painkillers similar to Vioxx, doctors should avoid prescribing them for patients at risk of heart disease, according
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FRIDAY, Oct. 8 (HealthDayNews) -- A week after drug giant Merck & Co. withdrew its arthritis drug Vioxx from the market, doubts are being raised about the safety of the two other approved medications in this class, Bextra and Celebrex.
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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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DECEMBER 24, 2004 -- The FDA&#39;s recent warnings about drugs such as Vioxx, Celebrex and Aleve have left some people on edge, but one area doctor says one of those drugs is still safe.
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Dec 07  - Celebrex (celecoxib) does not raise the risk of heart attack to the extent that Vioxx (rofecoxib) does, according to an early online release from the Annals of Internal Medicine.
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A study of the arthritis drug Celebrex made more than four years ago by Pfizer Inc. casts doubt on the company's insistence that it had no hint of the drug's potential heart and stroke risks until recently.-The Washington Post