AVANDIA SAFETY ALERT

In May 2007, a study in the New England Journal of Medicine stated that this popular drug may raise a patient’s chance of having a heart attack, or suffer a heart-related death.  Based on those published results, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration issued a safety alert on the drug.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration issued the following warning: “Safety data from controlled clinical trials have shown that there is a potentially significant increase in the risk of heart attack and heart-related deaths in patients taking Avandia.”  (The FDA said its own analysis of the drug is ongoing.)

Avandia, which is prescribed in pill form, is the most widely used oral diabetes treatment.  It was approved in 1999 for treatment of Type 2 diabetes which is the most common form of diabetes.  Since its approval, more than 6 million people have taken this drug worldwide.

Over 21 million people in the U.S. suffer from Diabetes.  It occurs when the body does not produce enough of the hormone insulin or does not effectively use insulin to convert blood sugar into energy. 

Avandia is the most popularly prescribed oral diabetes treatment in the world and is taken by more than 1 million people in the U.S.  It is manufactured by the drug maker GlaxoSmithKline Plc. 

If you or someone you care about is currently taking Avandia for Type 2 Diabetes, contact your treating physician immediately.

Additional Resource:

http://www.fda.gov/bbs/topics/NEWS/2007/NEW01636.html

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