New DEA Statement Has Pain Doctors Fearful
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An effort to ease tensions over the use of morphine-based painkillers has backfired -- leaving many doctors and patients more fearful than before that they could be arrested for practicing what they consider good medicine.
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Stunning news that a fourth popular painkiller may increase the risk of heart attack or stroke added anxiety Tuesday for patients already worried about the safety of the drugs.
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In a sharp change of direction, many medical authorities are questioning the safety of American drugs. In a challenge unthinkable even two months ago, Dr.
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Hundreds of thousands of patients taking three brands of painkillers for arthritis were advised yesterday to see their doctors after new research raised fears of an increased risk of heart attacks and strokes.
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Those treating pain make subjective choices about dosage. When a doctor gets it wrong, is it a mistake or a felony?
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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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Still reeling from Merck&#39;s withdrawal of Vioxx from the market and Pfizer&#39;s decision to stop advertising Celebrex, people who suffer from arthritis pain now have one more worry: The US Food and Drug Administration announced Monday that it was halting a
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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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Recent reports of popular pain-relievers - Vioxx, Celebrex and Aleve - increasing the risk of heart attacks and strokes have the nation in a panic.
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Pain is difficult to measure, and those who treat pain sufferers have to make highly subjective decisions about dosage levels of drugs that can be abused or even resold. When a doctor gets it wrong, is that bad medicine â or a drug felony?
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The recent Vioxx withdrawal and testimony from an FDA insider accusing the agency of failing to protect public health are fueling such heightened concern over drug safety that valuable medicines could be kept from patients, doctors said on Friday.
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News of the suspension of a study of the effects of two common pain relievers on elderly patients at risk of Alzheimer&#39;s disease evoked mixed reactions from area physicians and residents.
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The Drug Enforcement Administration yesterday overturned a two-year-old policy that many pain specialists said was limiting their ability to properly treat chronically ill patients in need of powerful, morphine-based painkillers.
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The Food and Drug Administration recommended Thursday that doctors limit prescriptions for the popular pain pills Celebrex and Bextra because recent
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When news broke Sept. 30 that Merck pulled its blockbuster anti-inflammatory pain reliever Vioxx, a collective sigh was heard across the nation.
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The government approved a drug Tuesday that offers a new way of fighting severe pain - an option for patients who no longer benefit from morphine and other traditional pain medications.
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Description: With new information coming out about the downsides of four popular pain relievers, consumers are facing the shortcomings of drug testing.