Actos diabetes drug has 'protective' effect on the body?
Categories: Diet & Weight Loss
Actos, the diabetes drug, has a weird set of warnings. The drug can cut the risk of heart attack, stroke and death -- but at the same time, a similar drug (Avandia) raises the risk of heart failure. What on earth is going on here?Two studies on Actos and Avandia reached that conclusion this week, and it sets off an alarm for me. Without seeing the actual study data, the research showed that Actos lowered the risk of heart attack, stroke and overall death by 18 percent. So far, that's comforting, I think.
However, in another stab at GlaxoSmithKline's Avandia diabetes drug, a separate study stated that it actually increased the risk of heart attack by 42 percent. In addition, it raised the risk of heart failure by more than 100%.
With the torrent of news on the side effects of newer drugs these days, perhaps the goal is to continually confuse potential patients for some reason? Some studies find this, and some studies find that. Who knows what exact variables are being looked at in each study. Certainly not me.
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Nicholas Dynes Gracey 10-01-2007 @ 4:34PM
Hi Brian White & Anyone seeking to cure 'diabetes mellitus' aka chronic HYPERglycemia [c/o chronic transient HYPERinsulinemia] …
How does Anyone 'DIAgnosed' eg more than 7 years ago … know their beta-cell status BEFORE They were given diabetes and/or HYPOglycemic agent [including excess CARBOhydrate] associated treatment?
http://americanfamily.hotfitnessguide.com/index.php/57/diet-guidelines-can-kill-you-what-the-fda-diet-does-for-diabetes/
What type of response would You [or should You] expect from your white blood cells in respect of even 1 molecule of 'excess' HYPOglycemic agent?
…Warm thanks; Nick Gracey, BSc(Hons) Medical Biochemistry, Birmingham University, UK, WATerian c/o www.thatsfit.com @ 21:23hrs MON.01.OCT.2007.
ps… Diabetes Is Caused By Food And Or Drug Administration Too Much And Or Too Often.
http://www.thediabetesblog.com/2007/04/19/no-food-no-problem
pps… Diabetes is NOT a disease … diabetes is the CURE [for relative-HYPOglycemia]…
http://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/article/bpb/24/8/950/_pdf
'Relative HYPOglycemia As A Cause Of Neuropsychiatric Illness' @ Journal Of The National Medical Association @ Harry M Salzer MD @ January 1966 @ Vol 58 @ Number 1 @ Table 1 @ Figure 2.
ppps… FOR MORE related info on chronic HYPERglycemia, chronic transient HYPERinsulinemia AND Insulin Resistance Induced by transient CARBOhydrate overload... please follow the links via…
www.tinyurl.com/2k4n3a
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