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 Celebrex and the recently withdrawn Bextra are both … [Read more...]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
Pfizer Bextra, Celebrex Settlement
Pfizer Bextra, Celebrex Settlement. Pfizer has reached a tentative agreement to settle lawsuits involving its Bextra and Celebrex painkillers for $894 million. If it goes forward, the Pfizer Bextra and Celebrex settlement will resolve roughly 90 percent of the personal injury lawsuits the company faces because of the … [Read more...] about Pfizer Bextra, Celebrex Settlement
Celebrex, Bextra Settlements Negotiation
Pfizer Celebrex, Bextra Settlements. Celebrex and Bextra maker Pfizer Inc. has begun to settle injury claims against the painkillers. It is estimated that between 7,000 and 9,000 Celebrex and Bextra cases have been filed by people who claim the defective painkillers caused heart attacks and strokes. According to a report in Friday's … [Read more...] about Celebrex, Bextra Settlements Negotiation
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 Vioxx was withdrawn … [Read more...]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
Celebrex: Cardiovascular Risk Similar to Vioxx – IMMP Study
Arthritis Drug Celebrex Increased The Risk Of Heart Attack And Stroke. Patients taking the arthritis drug Celecoxib (Celebrex) have a similar risk of heart attacks and stroke as those taking the withdrawn drug Rofecoxib (Vioxx), according to a new study by the New Zealand Intensive Medicines Monitoring … [Read more...] about Celebrex: Cardiovascular Risk Similar to Vioxx – IMMP Study
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
Drugs, Including Vioxx and Celebrex, Pose Dangers
Vioxx And Celebrex May Cause Heart Problems. A Food and Drug Administration advisory panel voted Friday to let doctors prescribe Cox-2 painkillers, including Celebrex and Vioxx, but recommended stronger warnings about the risk of heart attacks and strokes. Doctors, scientists and other experts on the 32-member panel overwhelmingly … [Read more...] about Drugs, Including Vioxx and Celebrex, Pose Dangers
Study: 3 Painkillers’ Heart Risk
Painkillers' Heart Risk. 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. Vioxx and Celebrex increased patients' risk of heart attack and stroke by about 20 percent … [Read more...] about Study: 3 Painkillers’ Heart Risk
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 Information Regarding Selective COX-2 Inhibitor NSAIDs
Selective COX-2 Inhibitor NSAIDs Safety Information. Health Canada wishes to inform Canadians of safety concerns regarding the group of drugs known as selective COX-2 inhibitor NSAIDs (non-steroidal anti-inflammatories). These include Vioxx (rofecoxib), which has been withdrawn from the market, Celebrex (celecoxib), … [Read more...] about Safety Information Regarding Selective COX-2 Inhibitor NSAIDs
Agency That OK’d Celebrex Doing ‘Spectacular Job’
''Celebrex A Catastrophic Failure.''Â The federal drug safety agency is doing a ''spectacular job'' of protecting the public, the White House chief of staff said Sunday. The assessment drew an immediate outcry from a Senate critic who charged that government oversight under the Bush administration has proved ''a catastrophic … [Read more...] about Agency That OK’d Celebrex Doing ‘Spectacular Job’
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
Arthritis Drug Link To Heart Attack
Arthritis Drug May Cause Heart Attack. Patients taking the popular arthritis drug Vioxx have three times the risk of heart attack as people not taking the medication, new research suggests. The study, funded by the US Food and Drug Administration, analysed the medical records of patients insured by one the largest health … [Read more...] about Arthritis Drug Link To Heart Attack
Painkillers Blamed For Infertility
Painkillers Can Cause Infertility. Women who want to become pregnant have been warned not to take the popular pain drugs Celebrex and Vioxx because of emerging evidence that they can cause temporary infertility. Rob Norman, an Adelaide IVF specialist, said the drugs could prevent ovulation or delay it until the egg was no longer … [Read more...] about Painkillers Blamed For Infertility
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
YOU AND ARTHRITIS DRUGS
Arthritis Drugs Risk Of Cardiovascular Events. Click here for Free Vioxx Lawsuit Case Evaluation An article in the Aug. 22/29 issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) suggested that popular arthritis drugs Vioxx and Celebrex may increase the risk of cardiovascular events -- including heart attacks, strokes … [Read more...] about YOU AND ARTHRITIS DRUGS
