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Gout is a form of arthritis that is caused by an excess of uric acid in the bloodstream. This causes crystals to form in the joints, typically in the big toe. Results of a recent research project, carried out by the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine and published in the Archives of Internal [...] Pfizer announced last Friday that they have agreed to pay $894 million to settle 3 lawsuits that alleged Celebrex and Bextra harmed patients in the U.S. and defrauded consumers. The suits claimed that Bextra and Celebrex resulted in increased risks of heart attacks and strokes. [...] This analysis found that during the year following the halt of the 2004 study the risk of heart attack was 94% higher for those that took Vioxx (34) over those that took the placebo (18). They also found that the risk of stroke was more that double for the Vioxx group (19) over the placebo group (9). [...] Last month I wrote about a large scale analysis of the incidence of stroke in Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA) patients in the U.K. The conclusion of this research was that RA patients have a significantly higher risk of stroke than the general population. That study included diagnosis and prescription information of over 130,000 people in [...] |
  
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