Dangerous Drug Alert: The Diabetes Drug Avandia

Avandia Special Alert: August 2007

Black Box Warning Label

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has given Avandia the strongest warning label possible for a prescription drug in the United States. The black box label on Avandia will alert consumers and healthcare professionals to the risk of potential heart failure linked to Avandia use.

What is Avandia?

Avandia is the brand name for rosiglitazone, a prescription drug manufactured by GlaxoSmithKline. Avandia was approved by the FDA in 1999 to treat type 2 diabetes

Overview of Avandia

Doctors wrote 13 million prescriptions for Avandia in the past year. More than six million people have taken the drug worldwide, including one million Americans. About 18 million Americans suffer from type 2 diabetes.

The FDA updated Avandia’s label in 2006 to include a warning about increased risk of heart attack and heart-related chest pain. This was based on findings from patients who already suffered congestive heart failure.

In May of 2007, studies were released that noted the increased rate of risk from taking Avandia. Patients on the drug had a 43 percent higher rate of heart attack and a 64 percent higher rate of death based upon a study of more than 27,000 people.

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