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

September 22, 2007 By Deborah

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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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Debbie is a board certified family nurse practitioner with an emphasis on women's health. During the past 22 years she has worked in women's health and family practice with a focus on the integration of conventional and alternative therapies.

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