Pfizer Says Bextra, Heart Problems Linked
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Pfizer Inc. on Friday said two small  clinical trials showed heart bypass surgery patients taking  Bextra, an anti-inflammatory in the same class as the recently  withdrawn drug Vioxx, had a higher risk of stroke and heart  attack.
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Doctors writing in a prominent medical  journal on Friday recommended that physicians stop prescribing  Pfizer Inc.'s Bextra painkiller, just as a large study found  the drug maker's sister drug, Celebrex, doubled risk of heart  attacks.
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Drugmaker Pfizer Inc. is in talks with  regulators over a likely change to arthritis drug Bextra's  label to carry a strict warning alerting doctors of the risk of  a potentially deadly skin reaction, the company said in a  regulatory filing.
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Pfizer Inc.'s Bextra will come with a new warning about possible heart and blood clotting problems when the drug is used by patients who have just had heart bypass surgery, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration said on Thursday.
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Pfizer Inc. will warn doctors that its Bextra painkiller, which is in the same group of drugs as Merck &amp; Co.&#39;s withdrawn Vioxx, is linked to an elevated risk of blood clots, heart attacks and strokes in cardiac-surgery patients.
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Pfizer Inc. on Friday reported an increased risk of heart problems among patients taking high doses of its popular painkiller and arthritis drug Celebrex.
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Drugmaker Pfizer announced Friday that its painkiller Celebrex puts patients at &quot;increased cardiovascular risk&quot; for heart problems, citing a long-term cancer study.
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The Pfizer painkillers Celebrex and Bextra experienced a jump in sales immediately after rival Merck&#39;s Vioxx was pulled from the market in late September, but the gains appear to be short
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Heart problems that pushed the painkillers Bextra and Vioxx off the market could have come to light earlier had federal regulators given outside researchers speedier access to raw safety data, according to a commentary written by Boston researchers.
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Pfizer Inc. said today that it had found an increased risk of heart troubles in some people taking higher dosages of Celebrex, its popular arthritis and pain relief drug.
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Pfizer Inc. PFE.N on Friday said two  clinical trials showed patients taking its anti-inflammatory  drug Bextra had a higher risk of cardiovascular events during  high-risk coronary bypass surgery.
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Kaiser Permanente has stopped dispensing Bextra, an arthritis and pain drug made by Pfizer that may increase the risk of heart attacks and strokes.
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Pfizer (PFE) said Friday that is has received new information about the cardiovascular safety of its popular arthritis drug Celebrex, based on an analysis of a long-term cancer trial.
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Bextra is in the same drug class as Vioxx which recently was pulled from the market after it was linked to heart attacks and strokes.
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WASHINGTON (CBS.MW) -- The US Food and Drug Administration said on Thursday that Pfizer&#39;s new pain drug Bextra will carry a labeled warning about a risk of cardiac and blood-clotting problems.
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In an announcement that many doctors were waiting for, Pfizer Inc. said its top-selling painkiller Celebrex -- which is similar to Vioxx -- caused an increased risk of heart attacks when used in high doses during a clinical trial.
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OTTAWA - Health Canada is warning people about heart and skin problems associated with the painkiller Bextra. Bextra (valdecoxib), which is used to treat arthritis and menstrual pain, belongs to a class of