Avandia Side Effects, Heart Attack Risks

Many of us suffer from type 2 diabetes. In fact there are about 14 million people in the United States who are in this situation and a good number are being treated with Avandia, a medicine designed to increase the body’s sensitivity to insulin. The drug was first marketed...

Avandia Side Effects Cause Two Healthcare Providers to Drop the Drug

"LONDON (Reuters) - Two U.S. pharmacy benefit managers said on Thursday they had dropped GlaxoSmithKline Plc's diabetes drug Avandia from their national formularies due to safety concerns. The moves by Prime Therapeutics and HealthTrans mark the latest example of U.S....

FDA Adds Boxed Warning for Heart Attacks to Anti-Diabetes Drug Avandia

FDA Adds Boxed Warning for Heart Attacks to Anti-Diabetes Drug Avandia Agency says drug to remain on market, while safety assessment continues The U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced today that the manufacturer of Avandia (rosiglitazone), a drug used to...

Diabetes Drug Avandia should be pulled from the Market

"The widely used diabetes drug Avandia should be pulled from the market because of heart risks, a federal scientist said Monday. Those risks, combined with no unique short-term benefits in helping diabetics control blood-sugar levels, fail to justify keeping Avandia on the...

Alzheimer's Theory Set for Drug Test

"AP - A provocative new theory suggests that one root cause of Alzheimer's disease is linked to diabetes — a theory about to be tested in thousands of Alzheimer's patients given the diabetes drug Avandia in hopes of slowing brain decay."

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