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  1. US Employers Sit on Huge Piles of Cash

    Fri, 7 Jun 2013

    safety restrictions on the diabetes drug Avandia . The decision is an about-face by regulators that currently limit patient access to Avandia . The pill was once the best-selling 2007. In 2010 the FDA limited access to Avandia and European regulators banned it. At

  2. Treatment Guidelines Fraught With Financial Conflicts

    Wed, 19 Dec 2012

    most popular glitazones were Avandia ( rosiglitazone ) and Actos (pioglitazone for GlaxoSmithKline, maker of Avandia , and one who worked for Takeda after the guideline came out, Avandia was linked to substantially increased

  3. Childhood Diabetes: Kids Face Lifetime of Illness

    Mon, 30 Apr 2012

    failed to keep their blood sugar under control. Adding another drug called Avandia into the mix helped, lowering the treatment failure rate to 39 percent. But Avandia 's cardiovascular side effects make it risky for use in kids. Adding a lifestyle

  4. Diabetes in Kids: Combo Treatment Tops

    Sun, 29 Apr 2012

    metformin plus Avandia (4 mg twice a day class had arisen, and rosiglitazone "was a logical choice for metformin plus Avandia . The majority of adverse authors noted that rosiglitazone had no effects on bone therapy were due to the Avandia , more general effects

  5. FDA Warns of Bladder Cancer Risk With Actos

    Wed, 15 Jun 2011

    year. Last fall, the use of Avandia was severely restricted in University of Michigan said Avandia has a "solidly established Hospital, said he doubts that Avandia , "a potentially dangerous aside from those seen with rosiglitazone ," she said. "There are

  6. Avandia Stays, but Only for Some Diabetes Patients

    Thu, 23 Sep 2010

    drug rosiglitizone -- popularly known as Avandia -- after subsequent reviews of the drug restrictions, patients currently taking Avandia will be able to continue taking the drug Patients will only be allowed to use [ Avandia ] if they acknowledge and document the

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  1. Investigation Raises More Questions About Avandia

    Sun, 5 Sep 2010

    has now told BMJ that Avandia "no longer has a place recommendations on rosiglitazone , the drug is still consider alternatives to Avandia , wrote Deborah Cohen drug class to which Avandia and another diabetes examine the safety of rosiglitazone and sponsored by GlaxoSmithKline

  2. FDA Bars New Patients From Avandia Study

    Wed, 21 Jul 2010

    GlaxoSmithKline, the maker of Avandia ( rosiglitazone ) to stop enrolling patients 20-12 to recommend the FDA allow Avandia to remain an option for patients committee in 2007 voting to keep Avandia on the market but beef up safety

  3. Avandia : GlaxoSmithKline Cover-Up Turns Off Doctors

    Tue, 13 Jul 2010

    safety data on their controversial drug Avandia , some doctors are abandoning use of this deliberately hid study results showing that Avandia could worsen certain risk factors for study, which raised public concern over Avandia 's safety. GlaxoSmithKline responded

  4. GlaxoSmithKline Hid Negative Avandia Data: Lawmakers

    Tue, 13 Jul 2010

    GlaxoSmithKline , maker of rosiglitazone ( Avandia ), hid negative investigating rosiglitazone for several years. GSK Defends Avandia Despite Media down hard on rosiglitazone , saying it should risks. Past Avandia Research Under

  5. Pull Controversial Drug from Market, Say Some FDA Staff

    Fri, 9 Jul 2010

    meaningful health benefit from rosiglitazone [ Avandia ] that is not also provided unique health benefits of rosiglitazone [ Avandia ] that have justified its safety and efficacy of rosiglitazone . " Avandia has a positive benefit-risk

  6. FDA Panel Recommends Restricting Avandia

    Fri, 9 Jul 2010

    The blockbuster diabetes drug Avandia is likely to be sold in a strikingly different clearly outweighs the benefits in Rosi [ Avandia ] ," panel member Dr. Curt Furberg said light of ongoing analyses suggesting that Avandia could worsen certain risk factors for

  7. Avandia Diabetes Drug Put to Test By FDA Committee

    Thu, 8 Jul 2010

    that using a half-dose of Avandia , paired with another diabetes Wolfe urged that trials on Avandia , known clinically as rosiglitazone , be halted due to the mounting Debate Among Physicians Over Avandia The controversy surrounding

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Videos

  1. Avandia Could Be Bad for the Heart

    Tue, 22 May 2007

    Popular diabetes drug Avandia may increase the risk of heart attacks and death.

  2. Should Avandia Be Taken Off the Market?

    Mon, 30 Jul 2007

    FDA calls in an outside panel to review the safety of diabetes drug Avandia .

  3. Avandia Debate

    Mon, 12 Jul 2010

    strokes. Next week an FDA advisory panel will decide whether Avandia should stay on the market. Doctor Karen Boyle joins us to to look at all misinformation and if the FDA decides to pull Avandia off the shelves. What's gonna happen to all those patients

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    attacks and strokes. Next week an FDA advisory panel will decide whether Avandia should stay on the market. Doctor Karen Boyle joins us to discuss the risks and benefits either doctor -- -- great to
    to look at all misinformation and if the FDA decides to pull Avandia off the shelves. What's gonna happen to all those patients who relying on the restaurant right now to stabilize their. What a
  4. Avandia Accused of Cover-Up

    Tue, 13 Jul 2010

    We turn now to disturbing allegations against the maker of the popular diabetes drug Avandia this morning's New York Times reports the company known as GlaxoSmithKline. Covered up evidence of the drug's heart risks

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    now to disturbing allegations against the maker of the popular diabetes drug Avandia this morning's New York Times reports the company known as GlaxoSmithKline. Covered up evidence of the drug's heart risks as far back
  5. Avandia Under Fire

    Tue, 13 Jul 2010

    At issue today. What did drug giant GlaxoSmithKline. Know and when did they know it it's just not morally or ethically acceptable for companies to days. As the experts debated you have India new allegations that the drug maker may have known as early as 1999. When first hit the market. That their

  6. Does Avandia Increase Heart Attack Risk?

    Tue, 29 Jun 2010

    New studies are raising serious concerns about the popular diabetes medication.

  7. Is Avandia Safe?

    Tue, 23 Feb 2010

    to a major medical alert about a common diabetes drug called and Sandia. A a report released Monday alleges the drug is responsible for 500 heart attacks and 300 cases of heart failure every single month. But the FDA has not taken a off the market. Doctor Richard here to explain why and this is one

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