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Celebrex Class Action Suits - Regaining Power For The People
By Dave Hoffman
The first Celebrex class action suit to be filed is believed
to be the one submitted in Illinois, in December 2004.
That same month, Pfizer announced that a recently
performed clinical trial revealed that those taking
Celebrex were at increased risk - over two times that
incurred by taking a placebo - of experiencing a major
cardiovascular episode. It would seem that the Illinois
class action suit will be only the first of many. And yet
Celebrex remains on the market.
Most drugs that we take are liable to have a wide range
of potential side effects, most of which the majority of
patients will never experience. For liability purposes,
pharmaceutical companies print all conceivable side
effects on their informational literature, and reading these
before taking a medication can be a nerve-wracking
affair. But even side effects that have been encountered
by minimal numbers of people during clinical trials can
find their way on to this literature, and while you may be
one of the unlucky ones whose painkiller causes nausea,
in most of these cases, the potential benefits far outweigh
the unlikely event of developing a minor side effect that
will cease once the medication has been stopped.
It is a similar argument that has been used in keeping
Celebrex on the market - that the side effects
encountered by some should not deny others the benefits
that the drug has to offer. Used commonly as an anti-
inflammatory and painkiller for conditions such as
arthritis, it is understandable that this would be an
attractive drug to many. But surely not when the side
effect price is so high.
Rigorous clinical trials are performed on drugs before
they reach the marketplace, but even these cannot
predict all the various implications of using a drug in
longevity. But it seems that there are too many highly
effective drugs available today that cause life threatening
side effects - Celebrex is only one of these. Patients
surely must be asking themselves whether
pharmaceutical companies are rushing apparently
effective drugs to the marketplace without ensuring that
they are completely safe for long-term use. Patients are
responding in the only way that can really touch these
companies, in this case Pfizer: by filing Celebrex class
action suits.
About the Author
Dave Hoffman is the founder of Celebrex Class Action Suit. We provide a free service that connects you with attorneys specializing in Clebrex Law.
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