Archive for October, 2008
Bextra settlement
While both Merck and Pfizer had denied that Vioxx, Celebrex, and Bextra killed anyone, after Merck settled its lawsuits over the death and injuries to tens of thousands of Americans, Pfizer is following in its footsteps and settling almost all pending lawsuits against it. Pfizer Inc., that still sells Celebrex after Bextra was banned for [...]
NSAID heart attack and stroke risk
I don’t know if anyone was ever under any doubt that Vioxx was not just a painkiller but a killer, but if it makes you feel any better, yet another study by Dr. Robert Bresalier, a professor of medicine at the M.D. Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, has found that arthritis patients who took the [...]
Do glucosamine and chondroitin work?
There was some previous research that said that glucosamine and chondroitin may provide pain relief. I am now hearing something different. Dr. Allen D. Sawitzke, an associate professor of internal medicine at the University of Utah School of Medicine, has concluded that glucosamine and chondroitin are no better than a placebo at preventing cartilage loss [...]