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Avandia May Slow Atherosclerosis
2008-04-02 06:42:00 The controversial diabetes drug Avandia appears to slow the progression of atherosclerosis in diabetic patients who have undergone cardiac bypass surgery, thus protecting them from new cardiac problems, according to the results of a small study. Avandia (rosiglitazone) has been associated with increased risk of heart attack and heart failure among patients receiving the drug. In ...
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Avandia
2007-12-05 23:12:00 Have you heard about the latest news today about medicines? Well, its in the news that Avandia the popular diabetes drug, studies say that it can cause a high risk of heart attack and death. Avandia has been prescribed to more than 6 million Americans since its approval. It is indicated for the treatment of type 2 diabetes (also referred to as adult onset diabetes). In type 2 diabetes, the body either does not produce enough insulin, or the body is less sensitive to insulin. Avandia reduces the body's resistance to insulin but also causes fluid retention, which has been identified as a risk factor for congestive heart failure. On June 6, 2007, the FDA announced that it would require a black box warning, the agency's strongest, on Avandia's label about the risk of heart attack and other cardiovascular problems. A doctor and medical researcher who testified at Congressional hearings on Avandia the first week of June 2007 revealed that he was threatened with a lawsuit by a Glaxo...
Avandia Could Weaken Bones
2007-12-04 03:04:00 According to a new study conducted in mice, Avandia(rosiglitazone), a drug used by millions of diabetes patients, may contribute to bone loss. Experts fear that, over the long term, Avandia may speed osteoporosis, the thinning of the bones that can lead to dangerous and even fatal fractures. Earlier this year, Avandia and four other diabetes drugs ...
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Step Back From That Avandia Bottle!
2007-12-04 00:00:00 After the FDA recently took rather extreme action by forcing Avandia to boldly mark it’s bottles with warnings that the drug can cause heart attacks, Avandia took another hit. It seems that some studies had shown an increased incidence of broken bones among women who used Avandia. Newer studies have isolated the reason. “The drug, say ...
Avandia Lawyer
2007-11-28 22:34:00 It is really a shame the popular diabetes drug manufactured by GlaxoSmithKline has been reported to be linked to a high risk of heart attack and death in men and women. It has been prescribed to more than 6 million Americans since its approval. It is indicated for the treatment of type 2 diabetes also referred to as adult onset diabetes . In type 2 diabetes, the body either does not produce enough insulin, or the body is less sensitive to insulin. Avandia actually it reduces the body's resistance to insulin but also causes fluid retention, which has been identified as a risk factor for congestive heart failure. It doesn't seem as though this company tested its drug before releasing it to the public.Anyone who has taken the popular drug has a right . If you or a family member take Avandia and suffer from a heart attack or another cardiovascular problem , find out more on how to take actions. Contact Avandia Lawyer, you have rightThe FDA has announced that it would require a bla...
FDA ORDERS NEW WARNING FOR AVANDIA
2007-11-19 08:44:00 Agency toughens warning about potential risk of heart attackGlaxoSmithKlein, maker of the diabetes drug Avadia, has agreed to add new information to the existing boxed warning in the drug's labeling about potential increased risk for heart attacks.The U.S. Food and Drug Administration says people with type 2 diabetes who have underlying heart disease or who are at high risk of heart attack should talk with their doctor about the revised warning as they evaluate treatment options. FDA advises doctors to closely monitor patients who take Avandia for cardiovascular risks.Link to complete story: http://www.consumeraffairs.com/-news04/2007/11/fda_avandia.html-~Sandy G.
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Green Tea Works Like Avandia But Without The Side Effects
2007-10-24 06:05:00 An antioxidant compound in green tea called epigallocatechin gallate (EGCG), is as effective in moderately diabetic mice as Avandia, a diabetes drug from GlaxoSmithKline. That is according to researchers from the Karolinska Institute in Sweden. The test was carried out on five-week-old moderately diabetic and severely diabetic mice who were either fed EGCG or given Avandia. ...
Green Tea Works Like Avandia But Without The Side Effects
2007-10-24 06:05:00 An antioxidant compound in green tea called epigallocatechin gallate (EGCG), is as effective in moderately diabetic mice as Avandia, a diabetes drug from GlaxoSmithKline. That is according to researchers from the Karolinska Institute in Sweden. The test was carried out on five-week-old moderately diabetic and severely diabetic mice who were either fed EGCG or given Avandia. ...
FDA Action on Rimonabant (Acomplia / Zimulti) May Be Slowed by Avandia Scar
2007-08-17 17:58:00 With a U.S. FDA advisory panel hearing on diet drug rimonabant (Acomplia / Zimulti) fast approaching, analysts are beginning to speculate that a recent rash of drug scares may weigh against early approval of sale of the diet pill in the United States. Bear Stearns analysts said the new concerns raised in the past 10 days ...
FDA mandates that diabetes drugs Avandia and Actos be labeled with severe w
2007-08-14 23:54:00 Type 2 diabetes and depression are often co-morbid illnesses. Depression and other mental health medications often have the side effect of unwanted and substantial weight gain. This increases the risk of the patient developing cardiovascular disease such as Type 2 diabetes. Today the FDA issued a mandatory "black box" warning on two diabetes drugs:The diabetes drugs Avandia and Actos will be labeled with severe warnings about a risk of heart failure to some patients, health officials said Tuesday. The makers of the drugs, GlaxoSmithKline Plc and Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Ltd., have agreed to add the "black-box" warnings, the Food and Drug Administration said. The warnings, the most severe that prescription drugs can bear, stress the medicines may cause or worsen heart failure and that patients should be closely monitored. The warnings also apply to combination drugs that include the active ingredients in Avandia, made by Glaxo, or Takeda's Actos....
Avandia: Guns for Hire
2007-08-12 01:18:00 Who should you listen to? A meta-analysis of previously published studies on the efficacy and safety of the diabetes drug Avandia (rosiglitazone )written by the whistle blower, Dr. Steve Nissen, and published in the New England Journal of Medicine has revealed a disturbing trend of increased heart attack risk. The study reported a 43% increase of heart failure, 15.2 times the risk compared to an older drug, Glucotrol along with a 9.5 times greater risk of liver damage.
Will Avandia Hurt Life Insurance Rates For Diabetes?
2007-08-05 00:00:00 The old axiom “the cure is worse than the disease” may hold some truth from a life insurance underwriting standpoint. I can’t imagine an underwriter that would give equal consideration to well controlled diabetes if the control is at the risk of a drug induced heart attack. With the FDA voting 22 to 1 to allow ...
Cardiac Risk - AVANDIA
2007-07-31 21:40:00 Avandia (generic rosiglitazone) was approved by the FDA in 1999 to treat type 2 diabetes. On May 23, 2007, an article was published in the New England Journal of Medicine stating that Avandia significantly increases the risk of heart attack in diabetes patients. Though the drug has not been recalled to date, the FDA did issue a public safety alert advising those taking the drug to consult their
Avandia to stay on Market
2007-07-31 06:25:00 A federal drug advisory committee voted overwhelmingly on Monday to recommend that the diabetes drug Avandia remain on the market, even after finding that it raised the risks of heart attacks.Panel members said that studies concerning Avandia were too murky to merit drastic regulatory action and that other diabetes medicines might have similar risks.Source: http://www.nytimes.com/2007/07/-31/health/31drug.html?hp
Avandia safe, advisors report
2007-07-31 00:33:00 WASHINGTON -- The widely used diabetes drug Avandia should remain on the market, government health advisers recommended today, saying evidence of an increased risk of heart attack doesn't merit removal.
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FDA scientist says diabetes drug Avandia should be pulled from market due t
2007-07-30 16:18:00 Patients who suffer from depression are at twice the risk of developing Type 2 diabetes than the general public. Today a U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Panel is charged with evaluating the cardiovascular risks association with the diabetes drug Avandia. The Panel will hear presentations, deliberate and vote as to whether Avandia should be pulled from the market. At the beginning of today's Panel meeting:An FDA voting Panel member said that the diabetes drug Avandia should be pulled from the market because of heart risks. Those risks, combined with no unique short-term benefits in helping diabetics control blood-sugar levels, fail to justify keeping Avandia on the market, according to a copy of a slide presentation by Food and Drug Administration scientist Dr. David Graham.The document was distributed at the beginning of the daylong meeting of a joint panel of outside experts convened to consider whether the drug should be restricted to use in s...
Depression, obesity and Type 2 diabetes: diabetes drug Avandia stirs a majo
2007-06-29 00:51:00 Patients who suffer from depression are twice as likely to have Type 2 diabetes than the general population. There are various reason which contribute to that co-morbidity, but diabetes should be of concern to all patients who take antidepressants or anti-psychotic medications. Controversy over popular diabetes pill Avandia took center stage on Monday at the American Diabetes Association's annual meeting in Chicago. Experts on the disease debated findings that the drug could boost heart-attack risk. The drug has been under a cloud since an analysis published in the New England Journal of Medicine last month found taking Avandia led to a 43 percent boost in heart attack risk and a 64 percent rise in risk of heart death.Study author Steven Nissen, cardiology chief at the Cleveland Clinic, defended his analysis to a packed audience of diabetes experts and other doctors, in a session added at the last minute. "What was the alternative? Not to know?" Nissen said, addressing ...
Avandia: FDA Alert for Increased Risk of Heart Disease
2007-06-27 23:31:00 Avandia is the #1 selling oral treatment for Type 2 diabetes. This drug has been prescribed to over 6 million people worldwide since it was first approved for treatment in 1999. In the June 14, 2007 issue of the New England Journal of Medicine, the editors published the findings of recent reports of studies showed that ...
Avandia: FDA Alert for Increased Risk of Heart Disease
2007-06-27 23:31:00 Avandia is the #1 selling oral treatment for Type 2 diabetes. This drug has been prescribed to over 6 million people worldwide since it was first approved for treatment in 1999. In the June 14, 2007 issue of the New England Journal of Medicine, the editors published the findings of recent reports of studies showed that ...
Heart Attack risk reported for Avandia diabetes treatment
2007-06-27 00:00:00 MedWatch - The FDA Safety Information and Adverse Event Reporting Program FDA informed healthcare professionals of a potential safety issue related to Avandia (rosiglitazone). An on-going analysis of safety data for the treatment of diabetes (type 2) using Avandia showed differing rates of ischemic cardiovascular events including heart attack or heart-related adverse events, some fatal, relative ...
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Avandia Rosiglitazone - Info at Epocrates Online
2006-12-30 16:25:02 There are more and more drugs created each day to combat various diseases. There are, however, only a few companies who provide free drug reference guides online for Clinicians to do research from. One company that has lead the way in doing this is Epocrates. They have recently enhanced their free web-based drug and formulary reference guide with patient education materials and additional clinical tools. From their website, medical professionals can have immediate access to the information needed to make prescribing decisions ? such as drug dosing for drug interactions and health plan coverage. An example of a drug they can get information on is Avandia, which is an oral diabetes medicine.In addition, Clinicians can now access valuable resources online like viewing pill pictures to help patients correctly identify their prescribed medications thus eliminating the guesswork and reducing drug errors. Clinicians may also provide their patients with a printed picture of newly prescribed...
Avandia Increases Cardiac Related Deaths by 64%
1969-12-31 19:00:00 You may be one of 6 million patients worldwide who have been diagnosed with Type II diabetes and prescribed Avandia to help control your blood sugar. Avandia was approved for use by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in 1999 and has now been recently required to carry a “black-box” warning. This is the most ...
Contacting an Avandia Lawyer
1969-12-31 19:00:00 If you or a loved one have a history of Type II diabetes and recently visited a doctor for an Avandia diagnosis, there is a chance that you will contract or have already contracted one or more of the harmful side effects of this drug. You are advised, in this case, to consult your healthcare ...
Diabetes Drug Avandia Associated with Increased Risk of Osteoporosis
1969-12-31 19:00:00 The type 2 diabetes drug Avandia, from GlaxoSmithKline (GSK), is making headlines again as scientists find that long-term use of the drug may increase the risk of osteoporosis among patients. Avandia, also referred to as rosiglitazone, was approved in June 1999, since that time the drug has been taken by millions of Americans. The study was ...
Avandia Increases Cardiac Related Deaths by 64%
0000-00-00 00:00:00 You may be one of 6 million patients worldwide who have been diagnosed with Type II diabetes and prescribed Avandia to help control your blood sugar. Avandia was approved for use by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in 1999 and has now been recently required to carry a “black-box” warning. This is the most ...
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Contacting an Avandia Lawyer
0000-00-00 00:00:00 If you or a loved one have a history of Type II diabetes and recently visited a doctor for an Avandia diagnosis, there is a chance that you will contract or have already contracted one or more of the harmful side effects of this drug. You are advised, in this case, to consult your healthcare ...
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Contacting an Avandia Lawyer
0000-00-00 00:00:00 If you or a loved one have a history of Type II diabetes and recently visited a doctor for an Avandia diagnosis there is a chance that you will contract or have already contracted one or more of the harmful side effects of this drug
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Diabetes Drug Avandia Associated with Increased Risk of Osteoporosis
0000-00-00 00:00:00 Millions of Americans suffer from type 2 diabetes and many of those individuals have been prescribed the prescription drug Avandia however recent studies have linked Avandia to osteoporosis as well as heart disease A study found that long-term use of the drug may cause bones to become less dense and more prone to fractures as well as speeding up the process of osteoporosis
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Diabetes Drug Avandia Associated with Increased Risk of Osteoporosis
0000-00-00 00:00:00 The type 2 diabetes drug Avandia, from GlaxoSmithKline (GSK), is making headlines again as scientists find that long-term use of the drug may increase the risk of osteoporosis among patients. Avandia, also referred to as rosiglitazone, was approved in June 1999, since that time the drug has been taken by millions of Americans. The study was ...
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