Bextra Withdrawn From Market


[Source: Medscape Headlines http://www.medscape.com/ ]

In addition, the FDA is requiring that all NSAID product labels include stronger warnings on cardiovascular and gastrointestinal adverse events...

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Pretty soon we will not have any NSAIDs with any reasonable GI protective effects. Fortunately, Celebrex is still on the market. There are some older NSAIDs with partial COX-2 selectivity, like etodolac and meloxicam, that many physicians will start depending on.

Posted: Tue - April 12, 2005 at 09:19 AM          


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