Celebrex
Celebrex Lawsuit
Celebrex Side Effects May Link To Heart Attack Lawsuits. Celebrex (Generic: Celecoxib) is a COX-2 inhibitor, a class of drugs linked to an increased risk of blood clots, heart attacks and strokes. Celebrex is the only COX-2 inhibitor still on the market in the United States. Celebrex and the recently withdrawn Bextra are both … [Read more...] about Celebrex Lawsuit
Celebrex in High Doses Linked to Higher Stroke
Celebrex in High Doses Linked to Stroke And Heart Attacks. Higher doses of Celebrex are a risky choice for patients with heart problems, a new study suggests. The results of this latest Celebrex study, supported by the National Cancer Institute, indicate that doctors should use caution in prescribing the prescription pain … [Read more...] about Celebrex in High Doses Linked to Higher Stroke
Celebrex May Cause Heart Arrhythmias
Celebrex May Cause Heart Arrhythmias. Research on fruit flies and rats has found that COX-2 inhibitors, a class of painkillers that includes Celecoxib (brand name Celebrex) and the ill-fated Vioxx, can cause heart arrhythmias. Since Vioxx was pulled from the market several years ago after being linked to heart attacks, research on … [Read more...] about Celebrex May Cause Heart Arrhythmias
Painkiller Double Risk Of Heart Attacks
Painkiller Risk Of Heart Attacks. A drug used to treat thousands of patients in Britain for chronic pain in conditions such as arthritis has been linked with a doubling of the risk of heart attacks, according to a new study. The drug, Celebrex, is the third drug of its type to raise safety concerns. Vioxx was withdrawn … [Read more...] about Painkiller Double Risk Of Heart Attacks
Celebrex Heart-Attack Risk
Celebrex Heart-Attack Risk. A meta-analysis released Tuesday indicates Pfizer's Celebrex increases the risk of a heart attack by over two-fold and experts are calling for regulatory authorities to respond promptly to the new findings. "It's an important finding that regulators need to consider in future prescriptions of this … [Read more...] about Celebrex Heart-Attack Risk
Celebrex and it’s Side Effects
Drug Celebrex Side Effects. ELIZABETH COHEN: Good morning, and welcome to HOUSE CALL. I'm Elizabeth Cohen in for Dr. Sanjay Gupta. According to a new study, more Americans die from heart attacks and other natural causes during the holidays than at other times of the year. Researchers say one reason may be that people … [Read more...] about Celebrex and it’s Side Effects
Popular Pain Killer Warnings
Pain Killers Can Cause Heart Problems. The American Heart Association is weighing in on the controversy surrounding the link between pain killers and heart problems, offering its own recommendations for patients taking prescription medications like Celebrex and Bextra. Their recommendation is to use the drug with the fewest known … [Read more...] about Popular Pain Killer Warnings
Study: Celebrex, Vioxx Marketing Led To Overuse
Celebrex, Vioxx Overuse. A majority of the patients who were persuaded to use prescription arthritis drugs Celebrex and Vioxx would have done just as well on older, cheaper medications and would have avoided the potential heart and stroke risks now linked to those blockbuster drugs, according to a study of how they were … [Read more...] about Study: Celebrex, Vioxx Marketing Led To Overuse
Consumer Advocates Urge Pulling 2 Drugs off Market
Two Drugs Are Being Pulled Off The Market. The Food and Drug Administration should immediately yank Celebrex and Bextra from the market to protect Americans from the drugs' heart risks, according to a petition filed with the agency yesterday by Public Citizen. The petition also requests that the FDA freeze applications for Arcoxia … [Read more...] about Consumer Advocates Urge Pulling 2 Drugs off Market
Patients On Warfarin Should Avoid Cox-2 Drugs Like Celebrex: Study
Avoid Cox-2 Drugs Like Celebrex. Older patients taking the blood-thinner warfarin have an elevated risk of potentially deadly stomach bleeding if they also take common anti-inflammatory drugs for arthritis, a Canadian study suggests. But the danger isn't limited to drugs such as ibuprofen and Naproxen. Celebrex, Bextra and others … [Read more...] about Patients On Warfarin Should Avoid Cox-2 Drugs Like Celebrex: Study
Safety Concerns Raised About Aleve
Safety Concerns About Aleve. PHILLIP: Another health alert about a painkiller. This time, it's an over the counter medication. What you need to know about Aleving your pain. PHILLIPS: Now to latest drug study raising life or death questions over hugely popular pain relievers. Today, it's naproxen, sold over the counter as Aleve. … [Read more...] about Safety Concerns Raised About Aleve
Pfizer Pulls Celebrex Advertising
Celebrex Increased Risk Of Heart Attack Or Heart Disease. AARON BROWN, HOST: Good evening, again, everyone. Pfizer, the drug company giant said today it was pulling all its consumer-directed ads for the pain reliever, Celebrex, in the wake of the study showing that in high doses, it may cause an increased risk of heart attack or … [Read more...] about Pfizer Pulls Celebrex Advertising
U.S. Deaths Blamed On Drugs Hitting Market Too Early
U.S. Drug Deaths. Thousands of Americans are getting sick and many are dying each year from prescription drugs that were pushed onto the U.S. market ahead of the rest of the world. A Knight Ridder analysis shows that as the number of new drugs given first to Americans has increased, the reports of drug-induced ailments … [Read more...] about U.S. Deaths Blamed On Drugs Hitting Market Too Early
Maker Cites Heart Risk in Celebrex
Heart Risk in Celebrex. The National Cancer Institute halted a three-year international study using Celebrex because long-term use of the painkiller at high doses more than tripled risk of heart problems, the drug's manufacturer said yesterday. But a second study using lower doses of Celebrex did not similarly increase … [Read more...] about Maker Cites Heart Risk in Celebrex
Celebrex May Increase Risk of Heart Attack
WOLF BLITZER, ANCHOR: Happening now, millions of Americans taking a closer look at their prescription drugs, now that another hugely popular drug has come under a cloud. Stand by for hard news on WOLF BLITZER REPORTS. Drug dangers. Now Celebrex side effects. Should you worry about what's in your medicine cabinet? BLITZER: … [Read more...] about Celebrex May Increase Risk of Heart Attack
Pfizer Cites Celebrex Heart Attack Risk
Pfizer Inc. said Friday it had no plans to pull the popular painkiller Celebrex off the market despite data showing that patients using the drug in a long-term cancer study had more than double the risk of a heart attack. "We need to fully understand the information that we got last night" when the company learned of the study's … [Read more...] about Pfizer Cites Celebrex Heart Attack Risk
Woman Sues Over Kidney Damage
Kidney Damage After Taking a Mis-Prescribed Combination of Drugs. A Bay Meadows woman has sued hospital officials in Port Clinton and Fremont, claiming she suffered permanent kidney damage after taking a mis-prescribed combination of drugs. The lawsuit was filed against Dr. Arun Kumar and Dr. Anita M. Lewis of Community Health … [Read more...] about Woman Sues Over Kidney Damage
Painkillers Might Delay Healing of Broken Bones
Common Painkillers Delay Healing Of Broken Bones. Broke your leg? Some doctors are warning to carefully consider which painkiller you use. New research suggests some of the most widely used painkillers may delay healing of a broken bone — and one study, albeit in animals, that's getting lots of doctors' attention … [Read more...] about Painkillers Might Delay Healing of Broken Bones
