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12/12/07
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Doctors Not Ready to Abandon Diabetes Drug
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The news that the popular diabetes drug Avandia may increase the risk of heart attack is being met with concern, but not alarm, by health-care professionals.
"We think people should speak to their physician. We don't feel this is an emergency situation," said Dr. Sue Kirkman, vice president of clinical affairs for the American Diabetes Association. "The study was concerning, but the numbers were very, very small -- about an additional one per 1,000." "People should definitely not panic, and they should talk to their doctors," added Dr. Mary Ann Banerji, professor of medicine at SUNY Downstate Medical Center in New York City. Rachel Villarreal, a health Read the Complete Article Similar content: Diabetes Drug Should Stay Despite Heart Risks, U.S. Advisers Say, in Arthritis Rheumatoid Arthritis Drug May Help Treat Type 2 Diabetes, in Arthritis Diabetes Drug AvandiaŽ Linked to Increased Risk of Heart Attacks, in Diabetes Mistakes Doctors Make, in Epilepsy Medicaid Patients With Lupus Travel Farther to See Doctors, in Arthritis |
