Diabetes Drug Avandia Does Nothing to Prevent Heart Attacks, Strokes or Kidney Failure Medical Video by Pharmacy

Diabetes Drug Avandia Does Nothing to Prevent Heart Attacks, Strokes or Kidney Failure

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"There's little evidence [that the diabetes drug Avandia] actually helps patients," notes the cover story in BusinessWeek from January 17th, 2008 titled Do Cholesterol Drugs Do Any Good? "Yes, Avandia is very good at lowering blood sugar, just as statins lower cholesterol levels. But that doesn't translateinto preventing the dire consequences of diabetes, including heart disease, strokes, and kidney failure." "Clinical trials [of the diabetes drug Avandia] 'failed to find a significant ...