TORONTO (CP) - There is yet another confusing twist in the saga of the popular pain medications known as Cox-2 inhibitors. A new study from the Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences in Toronto, ...
The maker of the best-selling arthritis drug Celebrex will not be allowed to claim that its product is safer for the stomach and digestive tract than older, less expensive arthritis medicines, the ...
April 7, 2005 — -- The Food and Drug Administration asked Pfizer Inc. to pull the painkiller Bextra off the shelves today in a voluntary recall after considering data that the drug poses ...
GAITHERSBURG, Md. — Pfizer Inc. should get American approval to market its Celebrex arthritis-pain pill for use in children because the benefits outweigh the risks, a Food and Drug Administration ...
Anti-inflammatory drugs like Celebrex and Vioxx have been heavily advertised by the pharmaceutical industry as being more effective and less irritating to the stomach than some other pain relievers.
Evidence has since emerged suggesting that anti-inflammatory drugs might benefit some patients with colon cancer, but not others. One possibility for this is that patients who have a blood test soon ...
Q: I know that prednisone causes weight gain, but I’ve seen weight gain and foot/ankle swelling since my doctor put me on Mobic for arthritis about 8 months ago. Can you explain how Mobic might be ...
The first sign of trouble came last fall when a large trial involving the popular pain-killer Vioxx was halted two months early because some patients had developed serious heart problems. The results ...
Anti-inflammatory drugs like Celebrex and Vioxx have been heavily advertised by the pharmaceutical industry as being more effective and less irritating to the stomach than some other pain relievers.