Trial Results Will Help In Treatment Of Arthritis
14th Nov 2006, 13:31 GMT
Rates of heart attack, stroke or death in patients with arthritis on the COX-2 inhibitor etoricoxib are similar to those in patients on the NSAID* diclofenac, according to an Online/Article published November 13, 2006 by The Lancet. However, the drugs, which are both types of painkiller, were found to have different rates of other side-effects. [click link for full article]
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