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Pfizer Takes Painkiller Bextra Off Market
Pfizer Takes Bextra Off Market; FDA Wants Strongest
Warnings on Other Painkillers in Same Class
WASHINGTON -- The painkiller Bextra was taken off the market Thursday, and
the government wants other drugs in the same class to carry the strongest
possible warnings about increased risk of heart attack and stroke among the
millions of people who rely on them.
Pfizer Inc. suspended sales of Bextra in the United States and the European
Union at the request of the Food and Drug Administration and European
regulators. The company said the FDA, in seeking its withdrawal, cited a
risk of serious skin reactions to Bextra.
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