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Date Submitted:
12/11/07
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Vioxx Ban Tied to Rise in Serious GI Trouble
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Pulling the painkillers Vioxx and Bextra off the market to spare patients' hearts may have ended up harming their stomachs, a new study suggests.
Rates of gastrointestinal events serious enough to require hospitalization have risen significantly since the cox-2 inhibitor medications were ordered off the market in 2004-2005, researchers say. Read the Complete Article Similar content: TV Implicated in Autism Rise, in Autism Hip and Knee Replacements on the Rise, in Arthritis Alarming & Costly Rise in Diabetes, in Diabetes As Boomers Age, Arthritis Costs Rise, in Arthritis Rise in CT Scans Poses Cancer Risk, in Leukemia |
