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Is Mifepristone Safer Than Viagra? Yes*
Mifepristone, a drug used for medical abortions, is under fire in the United States, with critics claiming it isn't safe to use. Abortion rights advocates often revert to a funny talking point to argue for its safety, but how accurate is...
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Can Anti-Inflammatories Treat Depression? - New Research
NSAIDs stands for non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs. They are medications that treat inflammation in the body but are not steroids. These are drugs like ibuprofen or Motrin, naproxen or Aleve and celecoxib or Celebrex. There’s been a...
Professor Dave Explains
Celecoxib (Celebrex) and other COX-2 Selective Inhibitors
We know that NSAIDs can inhibit both COX-1 and COX-2 enzymes. But these enzymes perform slightly different functions, and it seems that inhibition of COX-2 leads to the beneficial affects of NSAIDs while inhibition of COX-1 leads to the...
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Merck recalls blockbuster arthritis drug
New York, New York, 30 September 2004
1. Wide of Merck news conference
2. Cutaway of media
3. Cutaway camera person
4. SOUNDBITE: (English) Raymond V. Gilmartin, Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer, Merck and Company,...
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Merck & Co. will pay $4.85 billion to end thousands of lawsuits over its painkiller Vioxx in what is believed to be the largest drug settlement ever. The AP's Bonny Ghosh reports.
HEADLINE: Merck announces $4.85 billion Vioxx settlement
CAPTION: Merck & Co. said Friday it will pay $4.85 billion to end thousands of state and federal lawsuits over its painkiller Vioxx in one of the largest drug settlements...