Hassan has high hopes for two second-generation COX-2 inhibitors, valdecoxib and parecoxib, which are finishing up testing now.

FORBES: Ready For Battle

Hassan has high hopes for two second-generation COX-2 inhibitors, valdecoxib and parecoxib, which are in the final stages of testing.

FORBES: Ready For Battle

When they also received parecoxib, essentially an injectible form of Bextra, there was a statistically significant increase in heart attacks and strokes.

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In one study of Bextra and its injected cousin parecoxib, heart bypass patients treated for as little as ten days with the drugs had nearly quadruple the risk of having a heart attack or other cardiovascular-adverse events in the next month.

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