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FDA Warning, 5.22.07

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FDA Alert on the Anti-Diabetes Drug Avandia:
Risk of Heart Attack

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued a warning regarding Avandia (rosiglitazone), a drug approved to treat type 2 diabetes. Data from clinical trials have shown that there is a potentially significant increase in the risk of heart attack and heart-related deaths in patients taking Avandia.

The FDA recommends that people who are prescribed Avandia, especially those who are known to have underlying heart disease or who are at high risk of heart attack, should discuss with a medical profession this new warning as they weigh the treatment options for their type 2 diabetes.

The FDA also stresses that there is an inherent risk to switching patients with diabetes from one treatment to another even in the absence of specific risks associated with particular treatments.

Avandia is manufactured by GlaxoSmithKline, which is based in Research Triangle Park, N.C.

If you or a loved one has suffered cardiac complications after ingesting Avandia, you deserve the guidance of a knowledgeable drug attorney. Get a free case review by filling out the form below.

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see also:

Updated Study, 7.12.07 Latest News on Avandia: German Study Adds More Reasons to Avoid it
Latest Study in the News: Avandia May Worsen Complications of Diabetes

NEJM Study New England Journal of Medicine on Rosiglitazone (Avandia) Medication
Study on Rosiglitazone (Avandia) Medication and Risk of Cardiac Issues

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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