Celebrex May Not Pose Bigger Heart Risk Than Similar Drugs: Study
Researchers found more complications, such as bleeding, for the pain relievers ibuprofen and naproxen
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Celebrex Is No Riskier For Heart Than Other Arthritis Drugs, Study Finds
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A new study gives some reassurance to arthritis sufferers who want pain relief but are worried about side effects. It finds that Celebrex, a drug similar to ones withdrawn 12 years ago for safety reasons, is no riskier for the heart than some other prescription pain pills that are much tougher on the stomach.
“We do not want patients to suffer with pain and we need to know what is safe to give them,” said Dr. Steven Nissen, the Cleveland Clinic’s heart chief, who led the study. Fear that Celebrex would be worse than alternatives proved unfounded, and “on almost every endpoint it...
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Study Suggests Celebrex Isn't Riskier Than Rival Pain Drugs
A major study of drugs used to treat arthritis pain challenges some long-held assumptions about the safety of pills taken by millions of patients world-wide. (Source: WSJ.com: Health)
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Arthritis drug Celebrex not as risky for heart as suspected, study finds
Some of the more than 50 million Americans with arthritis may benefit from data published in the New England Journal of Medicine showing the popular arthritis painkiller Celebrex is just as safe as drugs like ibuprofen and naproxen. CBS News medical contributor Dr. Tara Narula, a cardiologist at Lenox Hill Hospital in New York, joins "CBS This Morning" to discuss the findings. (Source: Health News: CBSNews.com)
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Celebrex May Not Pose Bigger Heart Risk Than Similar Drugs: Study
MONDAY, Nov. 14, 2016 -- Some people taking the pain reliever Celebrex may not have a greater risk for heart problems than those taking other nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs), a new study says.
Celebrex (celecoxib) is a COX-2... (Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews)
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Surprise! Arthritis Drug Celebrex Shown As Safe As Ibuprofen and Naproxen
PRECISION has helped physicians and patients better understand the risks and benefits of the drugs used to treat arthritis pain. They have Pfizer to thank for that. (Source: Forbes.com Healthcare News)
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Heart experts "stunned" by results of Celebrex drug study
A new study that evaluated Celebrex for cardiac risks may change how doctors treat heart patients with arthritis (Source: Health News: CBSNews.com)
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Heart experts "stunned" by results of drug study
A new study that evaluated Celebrex for cardiac risks may change how doctors treat heart patients with arthritis (Source: Health News: CBSNews.com)
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Good news for Celebrex users
A large study trying to determine a link between the anti-inflammatory drug Celebrex and heart problems has concluded. The results of the study have shocked doctors, but in a good way. Dr. Jon LaPook has more. (Source: Health News: CBSNews.com)
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PRECISION: Celecoxib Similar to Ibuprofen, Naproxen for CV Risk PRECISION: Celecoxib Similar to Ibuprofen, Naproxen for CV Risk
Celecoxib hit its noninferiority CV mark against ibuprofen and naproxen in arthritis patients at increased CVD risk, but not all are convinced.Heartwire from Medscape (Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines)
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Study Suggests Celebrex Isn't Riskier Than Rivals
A major study of drugs used to treat arthritis pain challenges some long-held assumptions about the safety of pills taken by millions of patients world-wide. But limitations of the data led some researchers to question the results. (Source: WSJ.com: Health)
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Celecoxib Seems to Carry No Greater CV Risk Than Nonselective NSAIDs in Patients with Arthritis (FREE)
By Amy Orciari Herman
Edited by Susan Sadoughi, MD, and Andr é Sofair, MD, MPH
The COX-2 inhibitor celecoxib does not confer greater cardiovascular risk than nonselective nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) in patients with arthritis, according to an industry-supported, noninferiority trial. The findings were published on Sunday in the New Engl and Journal of Medicine … (Source: Physician's First Watch current issue)
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Pfizer's Celebrex shown to be as safe as ibuprofen or naproxen: study
NEW ORLEANS (Reuters) - Pfizer Inc's Celebrex arthritis drug was shown to be at least as safe as the widely used prescription-strength versions of painkillers ibuprofen and naproxen, and does not appear to cause heart problems that spurred the withdrawal of rival Vioxx, according to a large 10-year study presented on Sunday. (Source: Reuters: Health)
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Are Naproxen And Ibuprofen Sometimes Risky? A Controversial Study Of Celebrex Raises Concerns
A study released today may mean that the painkiller celecoxib, once sold under the brand name Celebrex, is safer than prescription doses of ibuprofen or naproxen. That is if the study, which is already controversial, means anything at all. (Source: Forbes.com Healthcare News)
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10-year study eases concerns about Celebrex, heart risk
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