UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO RESEARCH FINDS; POPULAR ARTHRITIS DRUG MAY DISRUPT HEART RHYTHM
January 24, 2008
January 24, 2008
BUFFALO, N.Y., Jan. 24 -- The University at Buffalo issued the following press release:
Celebrex, a popular arthritis drug that blocks pain by inhibiting an enzyme known as COX-2, has been shown in laboratory studies to induce arrhythmia, or irregular beating of the heart, via a novel pathway unrelated to its COX-2 inhibition.
University at Buffalo researchers discovered this unexpected finding while conducting basic research on potassium channels.
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Celebrex, a popular arthritis drug that blocks pain by inhibiting an enzyme known as COX-2, has been shown in laboratory studies to induce arrhythmia, or irregular beating of the heart, via a novel pathway unrelated to its COX-2 inhibition.
University at Buffalo researchers discovered this unexpected finding while conducting basic research on potassium channels.
Th . . .