25/06/2007 (Agence Europe) - A press release published on 25 June indicated that the European Medicines Agency had recommended restrictions on the use of medicines containing piroxicam, due to gastro-intestinal secondary effects and severe skin reactions. The agency indicates that this non-steroid anti-inflammatory should no longer be used in treatments for short term painful infections. Nonetheless, it is still prescribed in the treatment of different kinds of arthritis. In this kind of...