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Avandia to get new heart warning label

Avandia, the prescription drug used to control diabetes in many U.S. patients, will have a new warning label affixed soon. The problem is, the message ... Read More »

Actos diabetes drug has 'protective' effect on the body?

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 ... Read More »

Avandia to indeed include "black box" warning

After months and months of scares and media coverage on the possible heart risks of taking the diabetes drug Avandia, a "black box" warning will soon ... Read More »

So finally, is Avandia good or bad?

There seems to be quite a bit of news about the negative side effects of many prescription drugs these days, but do these drugs help more people than ... Read More »

FDA mulling pulling Avandia from shelves permanently?

When British pharmaceutical drug giant GlaxoSmithKline reported quarterly earnings the other day, a huge black eye for the company was the sluggish ... Read More »

Medical officials see tripling of diabetes drug side effects

Avandia has been connected/not connected to heart attack risks lately, but reports of possible heart risks from the drug along with other side effects ... Read More »

Diabetes drug application pulled from U.S. by Sanofi

European pharmaceutical giant Sanofi is giving up the pursuit of selling the obesity drug rimonabant in the U.S. after several setbacks. Rimonabant ... Read More »

New study finds that Avandia doesn't increase heart attack risk

Avandia has come under the microscope in the last month as the Cleveland Clinic attributed the diabetes drug to heart problems. As usual (it seems), ... Read More »

Diabetes drug may cause heart attacks

Another day, another warning from a prescription drug. GlaxoSmithKline's "Avandia" diabetes drug (aka, rosiglitazone) is being hailed as raising the ... Read More »