i read the following article (check the Globe & Mail archives to view the whole article) and shook my head. lately i have become more aware of the risks associated with taking prescribed medicines. they warn about taking certain meds with foods, take others without foods, don't take with this drug, don't take with that drug. it's scary.
Study flags Avandia risks
ANDRÉ PICARD
From Wednesday's Globe and Mail
December 12, 2007 at 10:01 AM EST
A new Canadian study provides the strongest evidence to date of the dangers of the popular diabetes drug Avandia, particularly when used by seniors.
The research, published in today's edition of The Journal of the American Medical Association, is the latest in a series of studies calling the safety of the drug into question.
Older diabetics taking the drug have a risk of congestive heart failure 60 per cent higher than those taking other diabetes drugs, the study found. Those on the drug also show a 40-per-cent jump in the risk of heart attack and a 29-per-cent increase in the risk of death.
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