PORTLAND (AP) — Oregon will get $4 million of a $60 million national settlement with Pfizer Inc. over advertising for the Celebrex and Bextra pain relief drugs.

Oregon Attorney General Hardy Myers helped launch the 33-state investigation in 2003 to determine whether Pfizer misrepresented the drugs as safer and more effective than traditional pain relievers.

Investigators concluded Pfizer conducted an aggressive, deceptive and unlawful campaign to promote the drugs for uses that had been rejected by the Food and Drug Administration.

The drugs were designed to reduce the stomach and gastrointestinal irritation that can accompany traditional pain relievers.

But Myers says the drugs were not more effective, though they were more expensive.