FDA Panel Affirms Safety Of Painkiller Celebrex
Food and Drug Administration advisers found that celecoxib poses no greater risk for heart attacks and strokes than prescription doses of popular pain relievers ibuprofen and naproxen do.
A prescription painkiller that has been under a cloud for more than a decade is apparently safer than previously believed, a Food and Drug Administration panel concluded Wednesday.
The drug , which is sold by Pfizer under the brand name , poses no greater risk for causing heart attacks and strokes than two other widely used pain relievers, the committee voted at the end
