A prescription painkiller that has been under a cloud for more than a decade is apparently safer than previously believed, a Food and Drug Administration panel concluded.
The drug celecoxib, sold by Pfizer under the brand name Celebrex, poses no greater risk for causing heart attacks and strokes than two other widely used pain relievers, the committee voted at the end of a two-day hearing.
Based on the committee's conclusion, the FDA may change the advice about the drug's safety that it provides to doctors.
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