Avandia
Posted by: euser
January 14, 2009
Topic: PRODUCT LIABILITY
According to a recent study conducted by researchers at the Harvard Medical School, elderly people with diabetes who took Avandia (rosiglitazone) were more likely to develop congestive heart failure and die, than people who took Actos(pioglitazone). Using a database of Medicare beneficiaries to track 28,361 patients over five years, half of whom took rosiglitazone, while the other half took pioglitazone, death rates were 15% higher in the patients who took rogiglitazone, and their congestive heart failure incidence was 13% higher. According to Wolfgang C. Winkelmayer, Assistant Professor of Medicine at the Harvard Medical School, and an author of the observational study, "Rosiglitazone was associated with greater mortality".
Both the American Diabetes Association and the European Association for the Study of Diabetes have removed rosiglitazone from the list of recommended treatments for type 2 diabetes. While sales of Avandia have fallen sharply, it remains on the market in the U.S. Public Citizen has called for the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to ban the drug, claiming it causes liver failure, vision impairment, and other serious side effects, in addition to heart problems.
If you or a loved one has taken Avandia, and suffered serious medical complications, please call me to discuss your options.
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