Avandia Side Effects: What you should look for
Avandia Side effects could increase the risk of serious and potentially fatal injuries. Avandia lawsuits are being reviewed nationwide. Problems with Avandia gained national attention in May 2007, when an article in the New England Journal of Medicine identified potential side effects which could include increase the risk of heart attacks, heart disease and death.
In December 2007, additional research indicated that Avandia side effects could also increase the risk of liver failure, bone fractures and vision loss known as macular edema.
Avandia Side Effects: The Problems
Avandia side effects and the problems that they have caused have led to stronger warnings from the FDA about the risk of heart attacks and congestive heart failure, but many experts have called for an Avandia recall to protect consumers from this unreasonably dangerous drug.
Avandia Side Effects
- Heart Attack
- Stroke
- Liver Failure
- Heart Failure
- Bone Fracture
- Vision Loss or Blindness
- Death
Avandia (generic rosiglitazone) is an oral medication used to treat Type 2 diabetes. It is manufactured by GlaxoSmithKline and was approved by the FDA in May 1999. The diabetes drug has been used by over 6 million people worldwide, and could be responsible for thousands of heart attacks and deaths every year.
Approximately 20 million people in the United States suffer from Type 2 diabetes, and it is the sixth leading cause of death nationwide. Those with Type 2 diabetes either produce too much blood sugar, do not produce enough insulin or their blood cells ignore insulin (a condition known as insulin resistance). Avandia is an insulin sensitizer, which makes the cells more responsive to insulin, and aids in the management of blood sugar to ease diabetes side effects.
Avantia problems were identified when independent researchers from the Cleveland Clinic reviewed data from clinical trials involving nearly 28,000 patients. The researchers concluded that Avandia side effects could increase the risk of a heart attack by 43% and the risk of cardiovascular death by as much as 64%.
Following the release of this report, the FDA has requested that stronger warnings be added to the label regarding the risk of heart disease and they are reviewing whether additional steps are necessary to protect consumers from Avandia side effects.
AVANTIA HEART ATTACK AND LIVER FAILURE LAWSUITS
The manufacturer of Avandia had access to the same clinical data for over one year before the independent research study was published in the New England Journal of Medicine in May 2007. They failed to disclose the heart attack risks, and have actively tried to minimize the danger, even though their own analysis showed a 30% increase in the rate of injuries.
Experts indicate that since 1999, Avandia heart attacks could be responsible for injuries to as many as 200,000 people.
Do you suffer from ANY of the Avandia Side Effects
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