New research suggests that women who take the diabetes drugs Actos or Avandia could double their risk of bone fractures. When this risk is combined with the already established cardiovascular risks, it will certainly add to the growing debate over whether an Avandia recall should be issued. Continued
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Avandia Heart Risks Cause Diabetes Associations to Recommend Against Using the Drug
As a result of serious concerns about the side effects of Avandia, which include an increased risk of heart attacks, congestive heart failure and other serious injuries, the American Diabetes Association and the European Association for the Study of Diabetes have dropped the drug from their consensus statement on type 2 diabetes treatments, unanimously advising against use of the drug. Continued
Editorial Questions Rationale for Not Issuing Avandia Recall
In an editorial released last week on the website for the medical journal Heart, researchers from Wake Forest University School of Medicine question the rationale for not issuing an Avandia recall and indicate that justification for the continued use of diabetes drugs in the same class of medications is “very weak to non-existent.” Continued
