Do Not Take This Deadly Diabetes Drug — Two Reasons Why

Hundreds of people taking Avandia, a controversial diabetes medicine, needlessly suffer heart attacks and heart failure each month.

Confidential government reports say that about 500 heart attacks and 300 cases of heart failure would be averted every month if patients switched away from Avandia.

One report, by Dr. David Graham and Dr. Kate Gelperin of the FDA, argued that Avandia should be withdrawn from the market.

Sources:

  New York Times February 19, 2010

  Senate Finance Committee January, 2010 (PDF)

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Do Not Take This Deadly Diabetes Drug — Two Reasons Why.