recent news reports of GI bleeding and deaths associated with Celebrex (celecoxib)

May 1999

Patients are asking about the recent news reports of GI bleeding and deaths associated with Celebrex (celecoxib).

This new COX-2 inhibitor for arthritis is one of the fastest-selling new drugs of all time...comparable to Viagra.

Now there are reports of 11 cases of GI bleeding and 10 deaths in patients on Celebrex...but this doesn't mean the drug is at fault.

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