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Study Reveals Risks, 6.6.07

in this section: avandia drug warning | Another FDA Warning? 10.24.07 | Study Reveals Risks, 6.6.07 | FDA Warning, 5.22.07 | Secret Avandia Vote | Veterans Affairs: Avandia | FDA Approval of Avandia | NEJM Study | Warning Letter, 2001 | Sales Plunge | NEJM Update, 6.5.07 | FDA Safety Information | FDA Warning, 6.6.07 | Scientists Silenced | Dallas Lawsuit | Patients Switch Meds | Avandia Prescriptions Fall | Updated Study, 7.12.07 | Avandia Panel, 7.25.07 | Second Black Box? | Senators Testify | Experts Cite Risks | Black Box Warning | 9.12.07 Study Analysis | Actos Study | Arkansas Lawsuit | Weakens Bones | JAMA Report, 12.7.07 | Avandia Diabetes Pills | Avandia Warning | Cardiac Risk in Avandia and Actos

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Study Designed to Debunk Risks Raises Questions About Avandia Medicine

A study that was to put to rest the fear that Avandia medicine for Type 2 diabetes is linked with serious risks to users hearts, has instead reinforced the fear, according to an article in the New York Times (Diabetes Drug Still Has Heart Risks, Doctors Warn, June 6, 2007).

The Times article cites recent data posted online in the New England Journal of Medicine, which only intensified the controversy.

"In short, there is continued uncertainty about the cardiovascular safety of rosiglitazone," the Journal editors wrote, referring to the generic name of Avandia.

Additionally, according to the article, Dr. Rosemary Johann-Liang, a supervisor in the drug safety office at the Food & Drug Administration was called to the carpet for approving a warning on Avandia.

Reportedly, she was ordered to retract her warning and subsequently lost her power at the office to supervise reviews of the safety of Avandia.

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see also:

Avandia Prescriptions Fall Report: Avandia Prescriptions Decline after Journal of Medicine Study
USA Today Article Finds Avandia Prescriptions Drop Dramatically

Avandia Warning Avandia Drugmaker Gets FDA Warning Letter Over Health Risks
Warning letter cites failure to disclose studies about Avandia risks

News & Warnings Avandia Breaking News: Glaxo Warned in 2001 about Misleading Marketing
Bloomberg News: FDA Warned Glaxo about Avandia Marketing in 2001
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