Diabetes drug Avandia increases heart attack risk: report (AFP)

September 22, 2007 by deborah | 0 comments

This is a must read if you are on the drug Avandia which is used to treat Type 2 diabetes!
Please talk to your practitioner about switching to another alternative. This drug should be taken off the market and hopefully will be soon. Read more…

AFP – An analysis of four clinical trials involving more than 14,000 patients found that diabetes medication Avandia (rosiglitazone) taken over a lengthy period of time increases the risk of heart attack by 42 percent, a report released Tuesday said.

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