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Friday, October, 23, 2009

What Does Celebrex Do

Price check: Celebrex

October 02, 2008
A comparison of current prices for Celebrex via online U.S. drug distributors. Read more »

Expert & Community Posts

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Cox-2 Inhibitors Revisited, Again
By Mark Borigini, M.D. , Health Expert

...inhibitor remaining on the market in the United States: Celebrex.   Many of my patients are... Read more »

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Celebrex Ads Back with a New Spin
By Christine Miller , Health Expert

...MyRACentral News Page the other day and an article about Celebrex caught my eye.  Celebrex is a... Read more »

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When Relieving Pain Puts Patients in Danger--What to Do?
By Dr. Mark Borigini , Health Expert

...disease be prescribed either a cox-2 inhibitor such as Celebrex, or a traditional... Read more »

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Celebrex and Children
By Cathee McKeown , Health Expert

...treatment of children with this disease. Despite Celebrex’s well-documented link to higher... Read more »

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4 Myths About Anti-Inflammatory Medications (NSAIDs) Busted!
By Christina Lasich, MD , Health Expert

...medications (ibuprofen/Advil, naproxen sodium/Aleve, Celebrex, etc.) can be equally effective... Read more »

Health Guide

The Morning After Pill
...have to work to eliminate all forms of the pill and a couple of anti-inflammatory drugs -- Vioxx and Celebrex -- which also tend to have some effect on implantation.  It seems to me that if we... Read more »
Rheumatoid Arthritis Medications, Information
...but I have been on various medications for my JRA since 1978, some for years at a time. I have taken Celebrex for more than five years, 400mg a day, even after it too was being reviewed for... Read more »
Frequently Asked Questions About Vioxx (rofecoxib)
...COX-2 selective NSAID.  The only other COX-2 selective NSAID on the market in the U.S. at this time is Celebrex (celecoxib), marketed by Pfizer. It is only available by prescription. Patients who... Read more »
Ask HealthCue
...few weeks before I could have a lithotripsy procedure to get rid of the stones. The doctor prescribed Celebrex for pain while I waited because I did not want to use narcotics. When I went to pick... Read more »
Alzheimer's Disease -- FAQs
...of Alzheimer's in people who already had the disease. In another trial, testing whether the NSAIDs Celebrex and Aleve could prevent Alzheimer's in healthy older people at risk for the disease, the... Read more »

Medications

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This medication is a nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID), specifically a COX-2... Read more »

Sea15200_150096_5

This medication is a nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID), specifically a COX-2 inhibitor,... Read more »

Sea15200_150096_5

This medication is a nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID), specifically a COX-2 inhibitor,... Read more »

Sea15200_150096_5

This medication is a nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID), specifically a COX-2 inhibitor,... Read more »

Sea15200_150096_5

This medication is a nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID), specifically a COX-2 inhibitor,... Read more »

Related News

Generic Celebrex blocked
October 03, 2008

A Canadian court has blocked drugmaker Teva Pharmaceuticals from making a generic form of the pain med Celebrex. Teva had previously won a ruling... Read summary »

Doctor defends glucosamine as alternative to Celebrex
October 02, 2008

In a letter to the editor of the Albany Times Union newspaper, Dr. Diane MacDonnell criticizes the interpretation of a recent study comparing... Read summary »

Celebrex+Tarceva triples response rates in lung cancer patients, study finds
October 02, 2008

Adding Celebrex to the current lung cancer treatment Tarceva increased response rates in patients by 33 percent in a new study at the University of... Read summary »

Celebrex prevents colon cancer, but raises risk of heart disease
October 02, 2008

Two Pfizer-sponsored clinical trials have found that high doses of Celebrex can reduce pre-cancerous colon polyps. An additional analysis of the... Read summary »

FDA approves Celebrex for kids
October 02, 2008

The U.S Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved Celebrex for use in children. FDA panel members voted 15-1 that Celebrex's potential benefits... Read summary »