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Article: Celebrex users, doctors express confusion over mixed messages.

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December 21, 2004
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Dec. 21--CHICAGO -- Confused by the news that the pain reliever Celebrex might increase the risk of heart attack, 67-year-old Sharon Panick went to her doctor Monday to see if she should keep taking the pills that she says are a small mercy in her daily life.

Unfortunately, all her rheumatoid arthritis specialist at the University of Chicago could give Panick was a well-educated form of "I don't know."

"He didn't tell me yes or no," said Panick, a Chicagoan who has no obvious risk factors that would amplify any danger from the drug. "He said it was up to me."

It's a dilemma shared by millions of Celebrex users trying to decipher the mixed ...

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