The Medical Letter on Drugs and Therapeutics
				
			FROM
ISSUE 1129
    
   			ISSUE 1129
April 29, 2002
                			
                		 Issue 1129
                		
            		
					Subscribers: Log in to read full issue.  Not a subscriber?  Subscribe or purchase issue.
				
				Valdecoxib (Bextra) - a New Cyclooxygenase-2 Inhibitor
April 29, 2002 (Issue: 1129)
				Valdecoxib (Bextra - Pharmacia/Pfizer), a selective cyclooxygenase (COX-2) inhibitor similar to celecoxib (Celebrex) and rofecoxib (Vioxx), was recently approved by the FDA for treatment of osteoarthritis, rheumatoid arthritis and primary...more
        			
        			
				
				
        			
				The Medical Letter is a subscriber-funded nonprofit organization that publishes critical appraisals of new prescription drugs and comparative reviews of drugs for common diseases.
				