PPatients who have sustained injuries due to taking Bextra may be entitled to compensation. Our lawyers will review your case for free. Our goal is to help legal consumers get in touch legal professionals in their area. We also keep you up to date on current BEXTRA ® news and tips for what to do in the event that you or someone in your family is a victim of a the prescription drug BEXTRA ® . Our goal is to provide current information on BEXTRA ® lawsuits and to get you in touch with an attorney that has successfully settled personal injury cases in your area. Pfizer (PFE:NYSE - news - research) was hit by a lawsuit alleging its arthritis and pain reliever drug Bextra was responsible for the death of a 46-year-old New Jersey man who used the drug for nine months. It's unclear if the lawsuit, filed in a New York state court, is the first of its kind against Bextra. The suit claims that "Pfizer has not acted responsibly and has failed to adequately and timely warn consumers about the life-threatening side effects associated with Bextra," according to a statement by the two laws firms that filed the suit. American Heart Association Conference presented preliminary results of a study linking Pfizer's painkiller BEXTRA ® to an increased risk of heart attack and stroke.