Pfizer to Test Heart Safety of Celebrex (Reuters)
[Source: Yahoo! News - Health
http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=index&cid=751 ]
Reuters - Pfizer Inc. on Monday said a major new
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.
permalink: comments: feedURL:http://rss.news.yahoo.com/rss/health
It is the right thing to do. Unfortunately, I suspect that the current selective COX-2 NSAIDs may all have cardiovascular effects that have not been elicited in many studies. One thing is does appear to be true so far, and that is that people with already compromised cardiovascular function are the most likely to suffer problems.
Reuters - Pfizer Inc. on Monday said a major new
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.
permalink: comments: feedURL:http://rss.news.yahoo.com/rss/health
It is the right thing to do. Unfortunately, I suspect that the current selective COX-2 NSAIDs may all have cardiovascular effects that have not been elicited in many studies. One thing is does appear to be true so far, and that is that people with already compromised cardiovascular function are the most likely to suffer problems.
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