Diabetes drug Avandia does nothing to prevent heart attacks, strokes or kidney failure

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"There's little evidence [that the diabetes drug Avandia] actually helps patients," notes the cover story in BusinessWeek from January 17th, 2008 titled Do Cholesterol Drugs Do Any Good?

"Yes, Avandia is very good at lowering blood sugar, just as statins lower cholesterol levels. But that doesn't translateinto preventing the dire consequences of diabetes, including heart disease, strokes, and kidney failure."

"Clinical trials [of the diabetes drug Avandia] 'failed to find a significant reduction in cardiovascular events even with excellent glucose control,' "wrote Dr. Clifford J.Rosen, chair of the Food & Drug Administration committee that evaluated Avandia, in a recent commentary in The New England Journal of Medicine."

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http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/08_04/b4068052092994.htm

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