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USA: Proposal to recall Avandia medicine for diabetes
For reasons of low therapeutic effect and risk of heart disease, on 30.7, leading scientist of the US Federal Food and Drug Administration (FDA), Dr. David Graham, offic…
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Diabetes medications may increase the risk of heart failure
Two drugs commonly used for type 2 diabetes may increase the risk of heart failure by twice. That was the result of a large study conducted by British experts for 78,000…
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US warns diabetes medicine causes heart attack
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) said on June 7 that it has decided to include two drugs for type 2 diabetes, Avandia and Actos, on the list of the highest-warn…
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Medications to prevent diabetes
This drug, Rosiglitazone or Avandia, is used for three years to reduce the risk of diabetes by 62%. This is a drug belonging to the thiazolidinediones group, currently b…