Summary box: Celebrex appears to be safer than Vioxx
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THE FEAR: Both Vioxx and Celebrex are known as cox-2 inhibitors. Some scientists have been warning that all cox-2 inhibitors have the same dangers as Vioxx.
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Ibuprofen provides better relief of osteoarthritis pain than does acetaminophen, according to results of a head-to-head comparison study.
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Similar painkilling drugs, including Celebrex, do not share the same risks, two new studies say.
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WASHINGTON -- Preliminary results of a new study suggest that high doses of Celebrex, a popular arthritis drug, can dramatically increase a person&#39;s risk of heart attack.
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NEW YORK -- A new study has linked painkillers Vioxx, Celebrex, and Bextra to increased cardiovascular risk, reinforcing findings of other trials that have already sparked concern over the safety of a popular category of drugs.
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Users of an anti-arthritis drug linked by a study to an increased risk of heart attacks and strokes have been urged not to panic. The UK Department of Health said users of Celebrex, manufactured by US drug
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ASK YOUR DOCTOR ABOUT VIOXX . . . but not for the reasons Merck &amp; Co. recommends. Last week a Food and Drug Administration (FDA) study found a link with heart attacks, and several large health insurers said
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Recent studies have suggested that Celebrex and Bextra may increase the risk of heart attack and stroke.
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A paper published Tuesday suggests that Vioxx posed heart risks that a similar drug, Celebrex, does not.
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NEW YORK -- Pfizer Inc. yesterday said a major trial will test whether its popular Celebrex arthritis drug increases the risk of heart attacks, as seen with Merck and Co.'s recalled Vioxx pill.
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20/12/2004 - The safety of cox-2 inhibitors was plunged into further uncertainty after Pfizer released details of trials that found an increased risk of heart problems with patients taking its painkiller Celebrex.
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People who take Merck & Co. Inc.'s analgesic Vioxx are nearly three times as likely to have heart attacks as those taking Pfizer Inc.'s Celebrex, according to an independent study published on Monday.
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The painkiller Celebrex is so effective in treating arthritis that doctors will probably continue to prescribe it, despite a new study that shows that, at high doses, it increases the risk of heart attacks.
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If drugs like Vioxx and Celebrex do prevent cancer, which risk is worse, cancer if you do not take them, or heart attacks if you do? Who decides?
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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
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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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Now that Merck has removed its arthritis painkiller Vioxx from the market after tests found it increased the risk of heart attacks and strokes, its rival Pfizer is taking a surprising stance.