Rosiglitazone therapy associated with increased risk for heart attack: Study

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Rosiglitazone therapy associated with increased risk for heart attack: Study

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Eleven years after the introduction of the diabetes drug rosiglitazone, data from available clinical trials demonstrate an increased risk for heart attack associated with its use and suggest an unfavorable benefit-to-risk ratio, according to a report posted online today that will appear in the July 26 print issue of Archives of Internal Medicine, one of the JAMA/Archives journals.

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Tags: Heart, Heart Disease, Heart Attack, Diabetes Type 2 Medication, Diabetes Medication, Avandia, Avandamet, Avandaryl

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