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poopski inquired:
I read in the paper that Avandia cause the same problems as Vioxx did. Has an increase of 43% for a heart attack, but it works so well to my level of sugar. Medical people who could give me the pros - and - against this?
I read in the paper that Avandia cause the same problems as Vioxx did. Has an increase of 43% for a heart attack, but it works so well to my level of sugar. Medical people who could give me the pros - and - against this?
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no is not…it icrease the risc of heart attack with 40%
I think you have to be off your rocker to use ANYTHING that increases your risk of having a heart attack by 43%. Unless ofcourse you’re terminally ill- which you’re not.
The potential to cause congestive heart failure you heard right there are other meds that work great but do not have that.
The doctors and pharmacists want you to continue taking the drug. You will have to decide for yourself.
The medical professionals say that there isn’t enough evidence and that the studies didn’t use enough people etc.
The government’s own preliminary evaluation of the diabetes pill Avandia confirms the heart risks reported in a study earlier this week and suggests that as many as 60,000 to 100,000 heart attacks might be linked to its use since it came on the market eight years ago, a leading member of Congress said Thursday.
The FDA said it was still reviewing data on Avandia’s risks and had not reached conclusions.
I have added this because of the answer below mine that says “the studies were sponsored by a drug company which competes with the one that makes Avandia”.
GlaxoSmithKline (THE MAKER OF AVANDIA) has made this statement “more reliable, longer-term studies had found no greater risks than those associated with other diabetes drugs.”
It’s hard to know who to trust.
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from Bloomberg.com
The availability of other drugs, including Takeda Pharmaceutical Co.’s Actos, which works in a similar way and has a suggestion of heart protection, means Avandia, also known as rosiglitazone, isn’t needed, he said.
“Physicians may find it difficult to explain to patients why they are starting treatment with a potentially dangerous drug when other choices with longer and better safety records are available,” he said. “The jury may still be out with regard to the cardiotoxicity of rosiglitazone, but when it comes to patients safety, `first, do no harm,’ should outweigh any presumption of innocence.”
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The recent report was not a new study. It was a review of many old studies and did not contribute any new information. It was sponsored by a drug company which competes with the one that makes Avandia.
43% inrease over WHAT? I sat in a room full of experts who could not figure out how the media was getting that figure.
Don’t forget that diabetics have an increased risk for heart disease anyway.
Statistics are easy manipulate any way you like.
There was an “answer” published in the British medical journal, The Lancet, which completely blasted the first report, which was published in the New England Journal of Medicine. Both of these are respected journals, but I can tell you that in the medical community, many are shocked at how the paper was handles by the NEJM.
I would strongly suggest that if you are that concerned you get the papers and read them yourself. Then discuss it with your doctors.
EDIT: I would be very suspicious of websites that appear to have an agenda/bias and encourage you to contact a lawyer.
Please make medical decisions in colaboration with your professional healthcare providers, not based on media hype or amateur websites.
No, it’s not safe to take. Find out what else works on blood sugar level… like diet, weight management, and exercise. Read about Avandia here:
Read about diet, weight management, and exercise here:
I take Metformin. That, combined with good diet and exercise, works very well for many folks.
no i have only heard bad things about it