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Celebrex: Drug Administration
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Celebrex is the most-prescribed drug for treating arthritis. In the nine months ending in September, worldwide sales of Celebrex more than doubled from the same period a year earlier to $2.29 billion, accounting for 6 percent of Pfizer's total sales of $37.59 billion.
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Celebrex is an investigational drug for ALS. Unexpected adverse effects can occur. If you are not enrolled in the Celebrex clinical drug trial, do not take Celebrex without consulting with your physician or other health care provider.
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Use this medication with caution if you have any of the following conditions: Celebrex can harm a developing baby if taken during the third trimester, and its safety earlier in pregnancy has not been confirmed. Do not take Celebrex if you are allergic to sulfonamide drugs such as sulfadiazine, sulfisoxazole, Gantanol, and Thiosulfil.
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There is no proof that Celebrex reduces the odds of cancer in people who take the drug for FAP. Although Celebrex can reduce the number of growths, you'll still need the other treatments and frequent checkups that this condition requires.
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Before you leave the pharmacy, it's a good idea to verify that you actually received Celebrex and not something else. The nonprofit Institute for Safe Medication Practices is calling on Searle to rename Celebrex because it's easy to confuse it with two similar-sounding drugs: Celexa (citalopram hydrobromide), an antidepressant from Forest Laboratories and Cerebyx (fosphenytoin), a drug for seizure disorders made by Parke-Davis. In the first two weeks after it became available, there were more than 40 documented cases of errors in filling prescriptions for Celebrex.
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The news about Vioxx along with the recent FDA approval of Monsanto's (Searle division) Celebrex has the two drug companies poised to battle. Merck and Monsanto each hope to capture the majority of the market and reach the projected $1 billion in annual sales.
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