JAMA study: Diabetes drug Avandia can increase risk of stroke, heart disease - OrlandoSentinel.com
In a study of nearly a quarter million Type 2 diabetics on two diabetes drugs, the risk of heart failure was 25 percent greater on Avandia than the competitor drug, Actos, and the risk of stroke was 27 percent greater. The study comes two weeks before an expert panel from the Food and Drug Administration convenes to decide whether to keep the drug on the market.
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