Diabetes Drug Still Has Heart Risks, Doctors Warn
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A study intended to demonstrate the safety of a diabetes treatment seems, instead, to have added to the controversy.
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All studies so far provide inconsistent results about the potential heart risks of GlaxoSmithKline Plc's diabetes drug Avandia, the head of the Food and Drug Administration told lawmakers on Wednesday.
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All studies so far provide inconsistent results about the potential heart risks of GlaxoSmithKline Plc's diabetes drug Avandia, the head of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration told lawmakers on Wednesday.
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The diabetes drugs Actos and Avandia raise the risk of heart failure but do not increase the risk of heart-related death, U.S. researchers said on Thursday, confirming earlier findings.
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Diabetics should receive cholesterol-busting drugs regardless of their heart disease risk, researchers say.
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Diabetics should be monitoring their blood sugar levels more frequently due to new research that suggests sustained elevated levels may increase the risk of heart disease.
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Daily aspirin is usually recommended for people at increased risk for heart disease, and people with diabetes come into that category. While the proportion of diabetic patients who take aspirin has increased in recent years in the US, new research indicates that some are still not doing so.
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A U.S. Food and Drug Administration preliminary analysis found a level of heart-attack risk with GlaxoSmithKline Plc'sdiabetes drug Avandia similar to what was reported in a study earlier this week, the agency confirmed on Friday.
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An executive of the company that makes the diabetes drug Avandia said a researcher who was among the first to link it to heart problems would be held liable for the $4 billion GlaxoSmithKline PLC lost in stock value as a result of his findings, Dr. John B. Buse testified before congressional investigators yesterday.
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One in 12 people should be taking a drug to prevent diabetes, researchers estimate.
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Drug maker GlaxoSmithKline's medical director said the company's study of the heart risk associated with its Avandia diabetes treatment may be in jeopardy because patients have dropped out following reports of the drug's risks, The New York Times reported on Saturday.
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Treating children with anti-psychotic drugs may increase the risk of a condition which leads to diabetes, research suggests.
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New data are due out on a promising cholesterol drug. But there are doubters.
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Older, cheaper diabetes drugs are as safe and effective as newer ones, concludes an analysis that is good news for diabetics and may further hurt sales of Avandia, a blockbuster pill recently tied to heart problems.
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Controversy over popular diabetes pill Avandia took center stage on Monday at a meeting of the world's experts on the disease, where researchers debated findings that the drug could boost heart-attack risk.
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Drug company Pfizer said today it is continuing to promote its arthritis drug Celebrex to doctors despite reports it more than doubles the risk of heart attacks and strokes.
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The treatment of Type 2 diabetes must place more emphasis on tackling potentially fatal complications such as heart disease, experts have warned.