News for January, 2008

GSK Sent Avandia meta analysis before publication

’s Avandia is once again making the headlines after it was revealed that the peer reviewer looking at the now-notorious meta-analysis on the drug’s safety profile leaked a confidential copy of the article to the firm before it was published in the New England Journal of Medicine

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Avandia study shows increased heart risks or death

Older patients who took Avandia had a higher risk of heart attacks, congestive heart failure and death than those on other pills, according to a study of nearly 160,000 Canadians.

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Avandia a big risk to your heart

Montgomery, AL: Joyce A. says she did not know that Avandia could cause so many health problems, at least she did not know until her doctor took her off and put her on another drug. Unfortunately, this happened after she was hospitalized two times with severe chest pains. Although she has started to recover since being taken off , she says she still experiences some pain.

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