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

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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…

Bottles of Avandia diabetes medication. 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.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Justin Sullivan)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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