Saturday, February 20, 2010

Avandia kills thousands but FDA refuses to act!

Avandia

FDA refuses to pull dangerous diabetes drug Avandia, even knowing it will kill thousands


The Food and Drug Administration voted overwhelmingly to keep the diabetes drug Avandia on the market, despite its known deadly effects. Two FDA committees met yesterday in Gaithersburg, Maryland, to consider whether the drug -- which has led to the deaths of 80,000 people -- should be pulled from the marketplace.
http://www.naturalnews.com/021959_Avandia_diabetes.html

The FDA does not deny that the drug is dangerous. Members of the FDA's Endocrinologic and Metabolic Drugs Advisory Committee and the Drug Safety and Risk Management Advisory Committee voted 20-3 to acknowledge the finding that the drug raises the risk of heart attacks, and called for stronger warning labels.
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Avandia's Black Box Warning

A black box warning is the strongest safety warning issued by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. Named for their black borders, the warnings are supposed to call attention to life-threatening or very serious potential side effects of a drug.

They are the most serious action the FDA can take without recalling a drug or subjecting it to strict regulations. It was this type of warning that the FDA issued for Type II diabetes drug Avandia, after a study was published showing that Avandia raises its users’ risk of heart attacks by 43 percent and their risk of death from heart problems by 64 percent.

http://www.anapolschwartz.com/practices/avandia/avandias-blackbox-warning.asp