U.S. warns of severe pain with osteoporosis drugs
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Patients treated with widely used osteoporosis drugs may develop severe and sometimes disabling pain in muscles, joints and bones, U.S. officials said on Monday in an alert highlighting the previously known risk.
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The Food and Drug Administration has published a note on its Web site regarding new warnings added to the labeling for Bextra, an arthritis pain drug made by Pfizer (nyse: PFE - news - people ). The warnings
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U.S. health officials Thursday called on doctors to limit prescribing Pfizer Inc. painkillers Celebrex and Bextra in light of recent evidence that they may increase the risk of heart attack and stroke.
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Federal health officials on Tuesday proposed sterner warning labels for acetaminophen, aspirin and ibuprofen, again cautioning millions of Americans who take the nonprescription pain relievers regularly of potentially serious side effects.
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Medicines used by millions of  Americans to relieve aches and pains will come under intense  scrutiny starting Wednesday as U.S. scientists scour dozens of  studies to determine if the drugs risk damaging the heart like  Merck & Co. Inc.'s MRK.N withdrawn arthritis pill Vioxx.
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Roche Holding AG and GlaxoSmithKline  said on Wednesday they asked U.S. regulators to approve an  intravenous form of their osteoporosis drug that could be  administered far less frequently.
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Americans of all ages must do more to protect their bones now to protect themselves from fractures and other related problems later in life, U.S. health officials warned on Thursday.
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NEW YORK, December 24  - The Food &amp; Drug Administration (FDA) announced yesterday that it planned to examine the various studies that link the usage of several painkillers with heightened cardiovascular risks, while recommending that
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A drug used to treat bone marrow  cancer may also help treat osteoporosis by stimulating stem  cells, U.S. researchers reported on Friday.
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U.S. health officials on Thursday  called on doctors to limit prescribing Pfizer Inc. painkillers  Celebrex and Bextra in light of recent evidence that they may  increase the risk of heart attack and stroke.
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US researchers find a way to trigger bone production, raising hopes of new drugs to treat osteoporosis.
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The Food and Drug Administration is now warning about heart risks related to the use of naproxen, a long-time popular pain killer sold over the counter, as well as a prescription-strength medication sold under various names.
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NEW YORK  - Spinal and non-spinal fractures  are reduced by almost a third in women age 80 or older who take  a drug called strontium ranelate, European investigators  announced at the annual meeting of the American College of  Rheumatology that is underway in San Antonio, Texas.
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U.S. health officials issued an alert on Monday to highlight the possibility of severe bone, joint and muscle pain in patients who take certain osteoporosis medicines.
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NEW YORK  - Treatment with a drug used to  combat the bone-thinning disease osteoporosis appears to reduce  the occurrence of osteoarthritis-related damage in the knee,  according to a new report.
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U.S. drug regulators on Wednesday will issue a public health advisory about the potential risks of a pain drug made by Cephalon Inc, an FDA official said.
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The Food and Drug Administration warned yesterday that anemia-fighting drugs called erythropoietins, which had $10 billion in U.S. sales last year, are being used so aggressively that they may be harming some patients.