Saturday, February 19, 2005

Controversial painkillers to stay on the market

It looks like the controversial pain killers such as Celebrex and Vioxx may stay on the market after all. An FDA advisory group just voted that they should remain on the market, with stronger warning labels so people understand the risk. It looks like those in the drug industry, and some doctors as well, who claimed the problem wasn't so much the drug but the way it was prescribed. That does make sense, at least the drugs are available for those that it would make the most sense to prescribe it to.

Here is a link to the article:
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=541&ncid=716&e=4&u=/ap/20050219/ap_on_he_me/arthritis_drugs

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