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Risks associated with Avandia have led the American Diabetes Association to call on doctors to use more caution when prescribing oral medications to treat people with type two diabetes.
The Avandia debacle has prompted a safety official from the Food & Drug Administration (FDA) to call for changes in the way diabetes medications are approved for use in the United States. The FDA official, who reviewed the original approval application for Avandia, told the Journal of Diabetes Care that the safety and effectiveness of experimental diabetes medications should be tested against existing drugs before they are approved. If such a testing protocol were to be adopted by the FDA, it would mark a significant departure from the way most medications are granted approval in the United States.
