Monday, May 09, 2005

You Stopped Taking Bextra, Now What

"Citing serious cardiovascular risks, the FDA recently pulled a whole class of drugs off the market including Bextra.

"Dr. Frederic Kahl, a cardiologist with Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center says, 'The recent alerts by the FDA have covered the entire class of NSAID's, so that includes Celebrex, Bextra is off the market, Vioxx is off the market, and it includes all the prescription strength ibuprofen and naproxen.'" [WFMY News]