March, 2010
Mass Torts Update - Thursday, March 4, 2010 10:14 - 0 Comments
New Avandia Findings are Significant
New findings that show users of the diabetes drug Avandia have more than double the risk of a heart attack compared with other diabetes drugs is most significant. A recent study by Harvard researchers, slated for publication by the American Diabetes Association, found twice the number of heart attacks among 26,375 diabetic patients studied between 2000 and 2006 who took Avandia, compared with diabetic patients in the same time period who took a different oral diabetic medication. A separate study sponsored by GlaxoSmithKline – the manufacturer of Avandia – and i3 Drug Safety, an independent drug safety firm, found that Avandia users have a 35% to 41% increased risk of heart attack over users of Actos, Avandia’s main competitor. Continue…
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