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Show 1061: Which Popular Drugs Can Do Unexpected Harm?

Dec 09, 2016
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Episode description

Occasionally a medication that has been on the market for some time is found to do unexpected harm. That happened with Vioxx, and led researchers to take a closer look at all NSAIDS. A large trial showed that the NSAID pain reliever celecoxib (Celebrex) is no worse than naproxen in raising the risk of heart attacks. […]
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