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Re: vioxx withdrawl from the market !

assalam o laikum,
i have some new news
the cox-2 drugs are now considered save and have been approved by FDA n it have even adviced that vioxx should be brought again into the market its fatal effect were due to the reason that it was extensively used by patients not need of it
however now bextra, celerbrex(sisters of vioxx) are now safe for use

Jawad

Re: vioxx withdrawl from the market !

In news today!
Jawad
Pfizer's Celebrex Should Stay on Market, Panel Says (Update1)
Feb. 18 (Bloomberg) -- Pfizer Inc.'s Celebrex, the world's best-selling prescription arthritis drug, should stay on the U.S. market because its benefits outweigh the risks of heart attacks and strokes, U.S. government advisers ruled today.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration panel meeting in Gaithersburg, Maryland, voted 31-1 that studies support the continued marketing of Celebrex. Earlier today, the panel of doctors and scientists voted unanimously that the painkiller raises the risk of cardiovascular disease.

Celebrex, which generated $3.3 billion in sales last year, is in the same class of medicines as Merck & Co.'s Vioxx, which was withdrawn last year after a study showed it elevated the risk of heart attacks and strokes. The panel's recommendations later today on the class of pain drugs may lead Merck to resume selling Vioxx, a company official suggested yesterday

yasir

Re: vioxx withdrawl from the market !

You are right. I want to know is Celecoxib also banned or not?

tana

vioxx withdrawl from the market !

Recently vioxx(rofecoxib)has been withdrawn by the manufacturer MSD from the market due to increased risk of Cardiovascular events.
But other Brands of this Drug like Xib have not been withdrawn and many GP's are still prescribing them.
What actions the Regulatory Adencies have taken in this regard