Avandia Recall - Articles
Avandia Vindicated!
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Dr. Matthew M.
... the media, with barely a mention. But the one headline from the good folks at MedPage today clearly caught my attention: VA Diabetes Trial Appears to Vindicate Rosiglitazone (Avandia) Safety This 3rd trial was consistent with ACCORD and ADVANCE (which I blogged recently ) in that it was unable to prove that aggressive diabetes management improved r ...
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Avandia Vindicated!
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Dr. Matthew M.
... the media, with barely a mention. But the one headline from the good folks at MedPage today clearly caught my attention:VA Diabetes Trial Appears to Vindicate Rosiglitazone (Avandia) SafetyThis 3rd trial was consistent with ACCORD and ADVANCE (which Iblogged recently) in that it was unable to prove that aggressive diabetes management improved rate ...
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The Problem with Avandia
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Dr. Steve Murphy
Warning....This is a non-genetics post (for now)Yesterday in the media and theNew England Journal of Medicineanarticlewas released. This meta-analysis implicated aPPAR gammaactivator named Rosiglitazone in the increased risk of heart attack, and death from heart attack. The risk fo heart attack was increased by 43% and the risk for death from cardi ...
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The Avandia Mess
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Dr. Zagreus Ammon
... Elffers' " 48 Rules of Power ", Machiavelli's "The Prince" and Sun Tzu's "The Art of War ," the latter in the context of a strategic management course. The events related to Avandia seem to me a brilliant depiction of power relationships and natural incentives. The science is nearly irrelevant, except to the extent that it is used (or misused) as ...
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Is Avandia the next Vioxx?
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Dr. Country Doctor ..
All the news this week amongst diabetic patients in my small town has been the news about the medication Avandia . Everyone's thinking, "Oh no, here's Vioxx again!" While this week's headlines may eventually take us down that path, I'm telling my patients to not to panic just yet ...
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Avandia Study Fallout
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Ulysee W.
AvandiaGate, as it is now being called, heated up again last week. There has been considerable discussion of Dr. Steve Nissen’s recent meta-analysis of GlaxoSmithKline’s Avan ...
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Actos, Avandia, and vitamin D
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Dr. William D.
... until a few years ago, if a patient showed signs of the metabolic syndrome/pre-diabetes, or early diabetes, I would often prescribe one of the drugs, Actos (pioglitazone) or Avandia (rosiglitazone), known as the thiazolidinediones, or TZD's for short. Although I do not manage diabetes, I was witnessing a flood of patients with pre-diabetic pattern ...
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And Avandia Stays…For Now
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Ulysee W.
Yesterday, an FDA advisory panel recommended 20-1 that GSK’s Avandia remain on the market. The same panel also acknowledged that Avandia does have serious cardiovascular complications. So new warnings, but not a complete withdrawal.
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For the RECORD, Avandia does not cause heart attacks.
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Dr. Matthew M.
... includes the heart failure element." I told you in one of my first posts that the Nissen article was likely a lot of media hype. I told you when the VADT trial came out that Avandia had been vindicated, and did not cause heart attacks. I told you all about the flaws of the Nissen study and how politically motivated the entire Avandia scare really ...
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