UPI: Research shows problems with common anti-inflammatory drug

By John DellaContrada

Release Date: January 16, 2008 This content is archived.

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An article distributed by UPI reports that research conducted by Satpal Singh, associate professor of pharmacology and toxicology, showed that the anti-inflammatory drug celecoxib (Celebrex) can adversely affect heart rhythm in fruit fly and rat models.

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