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Avandia: Popular Diabetes Drug Linked to Fatal Heart Attacks

Avandia, the blockbuster type 2 diabetes drug taken by an estimated six million Americans, has been linked to an increased risk of heart attack and cardiovascular death. Avandia was approved in 1999...

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Life After Avandia: New Diabetes Drugs Will Face Tougher Testing for...

In the wake of widespread reports of heart failures, liver damage, and other patient injuries and seemingly non-stop controversy surrounding the top-selling type-2 diabetes drug Avandia, the Food and...

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Avandia Increases Heart Failure Risk in Elderly, Canadian Study Finds

Senior citizens who take the blockbuster diabetes drug Avandia are more likely to suffer heart attack and die than patients who use another diabetes pill, Canadian researchers report. Avandia was once...

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Diabetes Drug Avandia Unavailable in Retail Pharmacies after November

Avandia, the controversial diabetes drug introduced by GlaxoSmithKline in 1999, will no longer be available in retail pharmacies after this November. The FDA announced in September that it would take...

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