Diabetes gets drugged

FDA decided that the diabetes drug Avandia causes heart problems and they will stop shipping the drug.

WASHINGTON — In a highly unusual coordinated announcement, drug regulators in Europe and the United States said Thursday that Avandia, the controversial diabetes medicine, would no longer be widely available.

The drug’s sales will be suspended entirely in Europe, while patients in the United States will be allowed access to the medicine only if they and their doctors attest that they have tried every other diabetes medicine and that patients have been made aware of the drug’s substantial risks to the heart. Patients now taking Avandia may continue to do so.

I have family members on both sides that are diagnosed with diabetes so when I heard of this diabetes medicine it hit close to home.