Tuesday, December 28, 2010

Does anyone know what diabetes medication has been recently linked to heart disease

Does anyone know what diabetes medication has been recently linked to heart disease?
Is there any link between the heart disease and glucophage?
Diabetes - 9 Answers
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they think avandia can cause heart disease. but they are not positive yet
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Avandia. It's also in Avandryl (a combination of Avandia and Amaryl) and Avandamet (a combination of Avandia and metformin.
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avandia for type 2 diabetes...it has been links to an increased risk of heart attack and heart related deaths. the FDA has issued a "safety alert" but NOT a recall.. talk to your doctor if you are taking this medication especially if you already have heart problems.
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Avandia and possibly Avandiamet I would not recommend Glucophage to give my dog ..That drug has caused people to loose their limbs , I am a diabetic on insulin!! Glad to be , them pills are no good!
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Troglitazone (Rezulin) associated with liver failure and heart disease. Avandia is associated with myocardical infarction and sudden death. Glucophage is okay, so far. Nothing's conclusive at this time. Personally, I agree with the PharmD.
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Avandia is the main one. Avandamet is another name for Avandia. they are also looking into Actos to see if there is a link because it works in a similar way to Avandia (but there is no evidence YET that Actos causes any heart problems at this time).
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Avandia (rosiglitazone). However- it is a drug that treats type 2 diabetes, which is generally caused by being overweight, sedentary and commonly part of a condition called metabolic syndrome (hypertension, diabetes, hyperlipidemia, obesity). So what are the risk factors for heart disease? Overweight, high cholesterol (hyperlipidemia), hypertension, diabetes. SO- are we going to blame the drug for the disorder, or are we going to blame the fact that people would rather take a drug to control a condition than drop 50 pounds by eating right, exercising daily and living a more healthy lifestyle? Type 2 diabetes can be reversed- up to a point. Once the beta cells die off, there is no reversal. The type of study quoted backing this statistic is a meta-analysis: not as strong a study as a random controlled clinical trial. The evidence is not entirely conclusive.
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I think it was Avandamet (has two drugs in it...rosiglitazone maleate and metformin HCl ).
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I am not really sure of this but a few of my friends were tired of taking harmful medication so they started to try suppliments. Believe it or not they found one that worked better then anything the doctor prescribed. You can get a free trial of it here http://www.optimumdiabetics.com/?aid=325796

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