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The diabetes pill Avandia may cause significant heart risks. The FDA is now investigating and news is pouring out about the drug. Avandia, sold by the British company GlaxoSmithKline PLC, is a blockbuster medication used to treat Type... [more]

The diabetes pill Avandia may cause significant heart risks. The FDA is now investigating and news is pouring out about the drug.

Avandia, sold by the British company GlaxoSmithKline PLC, is a blockbuster medication used to treat Type 2 diabetes, the most common form of the disease. More than 6 million people worldwide have taken the drug, whose U.S. sales topped $2.2 billion last year.

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Another suit filed against GSK over Avandia in St. Clair County
More than 30 people say GlaxoSmithKline was wrong in selling a diabetes drug without first warning of potential serious side effects from which they or their deceased relatives suffered. Lead plaintiff Edgar Bennett, along with 30 others, filed suit Nov. 16 in St. Clair County against the drug company and McKesson Corporation.David R. Jones of Edwardsville will be representing them. A different group of lawyers -- John J. Driscoll of St...  
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Same pair of lawyers gather another 90 plaintiffs in suit over Avandia
DriscollMore than 90 people say GlaxoSmithKline was wrong in selling a diabetes drug without first warning of potential serious side effects from which they or their deceased relatives suffered. Lead plaintiff Carmen Colon, along with 97 others, filed suit Nov. 12 in St. Clair County against the drug company. John J. Driscoll of St. Louis, Christopher Cueto of Belleville and Robert L. Salim of Natchitoches, La., will be representing them...  
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Arkansas man claims diabetes drug caused heart attack
TEXARKANA, Ark. – An Arkansas man with diabetes but an otherwise clean bill of health claims his diabetes medication Avandia caused him to suffer a heart attack. Kenneth L. Bryan, 58, filed a personal injury lawsuit against GlaxosmithKline on Nov. 18 in the Texarkana Division of the Western District of Arkansas. Bryan states that around the same time he was given a clean bill of health in December 2003, he began taking the prescription drug...  
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Avandia Linked to Heart Attacks, Liver Failure, Other Health Woes
The diabetes drug Avandia has been linked to so many health problems that some have questioned whether or not it should be on the market at all. In November 2007, a warning detailing Avandia’s association with myocardial ischemia was added to the drug’s boxed warning. The warning followed an analysis of 42 clinical trails published [...]  
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Greater Heart Failure Risk with Avandia, Study Finds
Another study involving Avandia has found an increased risk of heart failure among patients taking the controversial diabetes drug. The Canadian study was published this month in the British Medical Journal. Avandia’s cardiovascular side effects first became the subject of concern in May 2007, when an analysis of 42 clinical trails published [...]  
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Avandia Linked to Heart Attacks, Liver Failure, Other Health Woes

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Date Published: Thursday, October 15th, 2009 The diabetes drug Avandia has been linked to so many health problems that some have questioned whether or not it should be on the market at all. In November 2007, a warning detailing Avandia’s association with myocardial ischemia was added to the drug’s boxed warning. The warning followed an analysis of 42 clinical trails published by the Cleveland Clinic in May 2007 that found patients taking Avandia had a 43-percent higher risk of having a heart attack. That summer, GlaxoSmithKline and the Food & Drug Administration (FDA) came under fire for an apparent failure to warn the public ... Read Full Story

Avandia Maker Threatened Suit Over Safety Query

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WASHINGTON he controversy surrounding GlaxoSmithKline's diabetes drug Avandia grew Wednesday as a medical expert told Congress that executives threatened to sue when he first raised questions in 1999 about the treatment's safety.That testimony, coupled with a recent medical journal analysis highlighting the heart attack risks associated with Avandia, prompted some Democratic lawmakers to rebuke the Food and Drug Administration for failing to protect consumers, and to call for stricter industry regulation.“Despite additional warnings from outside experts, despite the millions of patients who rely on Avandia to control their blood sugar, and despite the potential risks involved, FDA never required the manufacturer to conduct a ... Read Full Story

Greater Heart Failure Risk with Avandia, Study Finds

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Date Published: Monday, September 28th, 2009 Another study involving Avandia has found an increased risk of heart failure among patients taking the controversial diabetes drug. The Canadian study was published this month in the British Medical Journal. Avandia’s cardiovascular side effects first became the subject of concern in May 2007, when an analysis of 42 clinical trails published by the Cleveland Clinic showed that patients taking the drug had a 43-percent higher risk of having a heart attack. That summer, GlaxoSmithKline and the Food & Drug Administration (FDA) came under fire for an apparent failure to warn the public about the cardiac risks associated ... Read Full Story

Avandia Side Effects, Heart Attack Risks

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Many of us suffer from type 2 diabetes. In fact there are about 14 million people in the United States who are in this situation and a good number are being treated with Avandia, a medicine designed to increase the body’s sensitivity to insulin. The drug was first marketed in 1999 by GlaxoSmithKline and it became so popular among physicians that more than 60 million prescriptions have been written.   Avandia, also know as rosiglitazone,   is an oral anti-diabetic agent that also improves glycemic control and reduces circulating insulin levels for those who have Type 2 diabetes and are not insulin-dependent. Avandia is ... Read Full Story

Avandia Riskier for Elderly, Canadian Study Says

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Date Published: Wednesday, August 19th, 2009 The diabetes drug Avandia carries more risk than Actos, a new study conducted by Canadian researchers has found. According to a Reuters report, seniors in the study taking Avandia were more likely to suffer from heart failure, and were more likely to die. The findings prompted the authors of the study to question the continuing use of Avandia. According to Reuters, researchers at Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre in Toronto analyzed six years of records for nearly 40,000 patients aged 66 years and older. They found that for every 93 patients given Avandia rather than Actos there would be ... Read Full Story
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