print email comment close Q&A: Risks Associated With Taking Celebrex URL: http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4236757 Description: Questions and answers about "a study that found an increased risk of heart attacks in patients taking [the pain medication] Celebrex" and the FDA's December 2004 request to pharmaceutical company Pfizer to stop advertising the painkiller. Includes highlights from the study, from the FDA requests, and from related studies involving Celebrex and other anti-inflammatory drugs such as Vioxx. From National Public Radio (NPR). Publisher: National Public Radio (NPR) Extra Keywords celecoxib NSAIDs Food and Drug Administration COX-2 Naproxen Library of Congress Subject Headings: Drugs -- Marketing Drugs -- Side effects LII classic content Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory agents Pharmaceutical industry Pharmaceutical policy -- United States LII Database Information: Record 14374 created by Jennifer English on 12/21/2004 Last modification on 07/21/2005 Published: 12/21/2004   Funding agency: California State Library LII Item ID: http://lii.org/cs/lii/view/item/14374