Two new research studies suggest that Avandia, a prominent Diabetes medication, significantly increases heart problems.
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/29/health/research/29drug.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
The studies were made public Monday in hopes of influencing an expert panel that will convene on July 13 and 14 to offer advice to the Food and Drug Administration about whether Avandia should be removed from the market.
An editorial in the Journal of the American Medical Association, accompanying one of the studies, concluded that there was little reason that patients should ever be given Avandia, since a similar medicine, Actos, works just as well but appears to involve fewer risks.