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Valdecoxib

Index Valdecoxib

Valdecoxib is a nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID) used in the treatment of osteoarthritis, rheumatoid arthritis, and painful menstruation and menstrual symptoms. [1]

35 relations: Analgesic, Antipsychotic, ATC code M01, Celecoxib, Controversy surrounding psychiatry, Discovery and development of cyclooxygenase 2 inhibitors, Epoxygenase, Eric Ding, Ethics in pharmaceutical sales, Etoricoxib, G.D. Searle, LLC, Index of oncology articles, Isoxazole, John Talley, Linezolid, List of American Greed episodes, List of drugs by year of discovery, List of drugs: Be, List of drugs: V-Ve, List of largest civil only pharmaceutical settlements, List of largest pharmaceutical settlements, List of off-label promotion pharmaceutical settlements, List of withdrawn drugs, Marketing of off-label use, Mavacoxib, Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug, Parecoxib, Pfizer, Pharmaceutical fraud, Pharmaceutical industry, Pharmaceutical marketing, Qui tam, Rofecoxib, Scott Reuben, Stevens–Johnson syndrome.

Analgesic

An analgesic or painkiller is any member of the group of drugs used to achieve analgesia, relief from pain.

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Antipsychotic

Antipsychotics, also known as neuroleptics or major tranquilizers, are a class of medication primarily used to manage psychosis (including delusions, hallucinations, paranoia or disordered thought), principally in schizophrenia and bipolar disorder.

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ATC code M01

M01 *.

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Celecoxib

Celecoxib, sold under the brand name Celebrex among others, is a COX-2 selective nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID).

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Controversy surrounding psychiatry

As long as psychiatry has existed it has been subject to controversy.

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Discovery and development of cyclooxygenase 2 inhibitors

Cyclooxygenases are enzymes that take part in a complex biosynthetic cascade that results in the conversion of polyunsaturated fatty acids to prostaglandins and thromboxane(s).

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Epoxygenase

Epoxygenases are a set of membrane-bound, heme-containing cytochrome P450 (CYP P450 or just CYP) enzymes that metabolize polyunsaturated fatty acids to epoxide products that have a range of biological activities.

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Eric Ding

Eric L. Feigl-Ding (Eric L. Ding) is an American public health scientist with expertise in epidemiology, nutrition, and health economics, and a Democratic candidate for Congress from Pennsylvania's 10th congressional district.

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Ethics in pharmaceutical sales

The ethics involved within pharmaceutical sales is built from the organizational ethics, which is a matter of system compliance, accountability and culture (Grace & Cohen, 2005).

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Etoricoxib

Etoricoxib (Arcoxia) is a selective COX-2 inhibitor from Merck & Co. Currently it is approved in more than 80 countries worldwide but not in the US, where the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has required additional safety and efficacy data for etoricoxib before it will issue approval.

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G.D. Searle, LLC

G.D. Searle, LLC is a wholly owned trademark of Pfizer.

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Index of oncology articles

This is a list of terms related to oncology.

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Isoxazole

Isoxazole is an azole with an oxygen atom next to the nitrogen.

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John Talley

John J. Talley is an American medicinal chemist who was the lead chemist in the discovery of the COX-2 selective nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug celecoxib and a co-inventor of amprenavir, a protease inhibitor used to treat HIV infection.

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Linezolid

Linezolid is an antibiotic used for the treatment of infections caused by Gram-positive bacteria that are resistant to other antibiotics.

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List of American Greed episodes

American Greed is an hour-long American television show that currently airs on CNBC and Escape (TV network).

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List of drugs by year of discovery

The following is a table with drugs organized by year of discovery and begins with firs drugs formed in the universe; Hydrogen, Helium and Lithium that were formed during the first three minutes after the big bang, bigger elements and molecules were formed by stellar nucleosynthesis and other forms of nucleosynthesis thousands and millions of years after the Big Bang, such as water, sodium chloride, after it, more complex molecules were formed and evolved into self-replicating molecules.

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List of drugs: Be

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List of drugs: V-Ve

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List of largest civil only pharmaceutical settlements

The following is a list of the 21 largest civil settlements, reached between the United States Department of Justice and pharmaceutical companies from 2001 to 2017, ordered by the size of the total civil settlement.

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List of largest pharmaceutical settlements

The following is a list of the 20 largest settlements reached between the United States Department of Justice and pharmaceutical companies from 1991 to 2012, ordered by the size of the total settlement.

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List of off-label promotion pharmaceutical settlements

The following are settlements reached with US authorities against pharmaceutical companies to resolve allegations of "off-label" promotion of drugs.

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List of withdrawn drugs

Drugs or medicines may be withdrawn from commercial markets because of risks to patients, but also because of commercial reasons (e.g. lack of demand and relatively high production costs).

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Marketing of off-label use

Marketing of off-label use is advertising the use of drugs for purposes not approved by the regional government.

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Mavacoxib

Mavacoxib (trade name Trocoxil) is a veterinary drug used to treat pain and inflammation in dogs with degenerative joint disease.

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Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug

Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) are a drug class that reduce pain, decrease fever, prevent blood clots and, in higher doses, decrease inflammation.

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Parecoxib

Parecoxib is a water-soluble and injectable prodrug of valdecoxib.

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Pfizer

Pfizer Inc. is an American pharmaceutical conglomerate headquartered in New York City, with its research headquarters in Groton, Connecticut.

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Pharmaceutical fraud

Pharmaceutical fraud involves activities that result in false claims to insurers or programs such as Medicare in the United States or equivalent state programs for financial gain to a pharmaceutical company.

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Pharmaceutical industry

The pharmaceutical industry (or medicine industry) is the commercial industry that discovers, develops, produces, and markets drugs or pharmaceutical drugs for use as different types of medicine and medications.

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Pharmaceutical marketing

Pharmaceutical marketing, sometimes called medico-marketing or pharma marketing in some countries, is the business of advertising or otherwise promoting the sale of pharmaceutical drugs.

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Qui tam

In common law, a writ of qui tam is a writ whereby a private individual who assists a prosecution can receive all or part of any penalty imposed.

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Rofecoxib

Rofecoxib is a nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID) that has now been withdrawn over safety concerns.

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Scott Reuben

Scott S. Reuben (born 1958) is an American anesthesiologist who was Professor of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine at Tufts University in Boston, Massachusetts and chief of acute pain at Baystate Medical Center in Springfield, Massachusetts from February 1991 until 2009 when he was sentenced to prison for healthcare fraud.

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Stevens–Johnson syndrome

Stevens–Johnson syndrome (SJS) is a type of severe skin reaction.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valdecoxib

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