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Avandia Lawsuits and Diabetes Drug
Claims
Scientific evidence has recently confirmed
that the Diabetes Drug Avandia can cause an increased risk of
heart attacks and other heart problems. Further, there
is significant evidence that both the Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
and the drug producer Glaxo were aware of problems, but did
not warn the public in a timely manner of these health
dangers.
If you have suffered a heart attack or
serious heart damage or have lost a person that you love
from a heart attack and you or your loved one was taking
Avandia,
please feel free to e-mail Texas Avandia Lawyer Jason
Coomer with your name & contact
information or use our online
form for a free case evaluation.
Avandia Lawyers and Avandia Lawsuits
Avandia, the popular diabetes drug
manufactured by GlaxoSmithKline, has been linked to a high
risk of heart attack and death. Avandia has been prescribed
to more than 6 million Americans since its approval for the
treatment of type 2 diabetes. Avandia reduces the body's
resistance to insulin but also causes fluid retention, which
has been identified as a risk factor for congestive heart
failure.
On June 6, 2007, the FDA announced that it would require a
black box warning, the agency's strongest, on Avandia's
label about the risk of heart attack and other
cardiovascular problems. The FDA issued a safety alert about
Avandia on May 21, 2007. The safety alert was in response to
a study and editorial published in The New England Journal
of Medicine showing that the drug carries a 43% increased
risk of heart attack and a 64% increase in the risk of death
from all cardiovascular causes.
If you are a diabetic and have used or are using the drug
Avandia, you could be at an increased risk for potentially
fatal side-effects including heart failure. General symptoms
associated with heart failure include chest pain, swelling
of extremities, weight fluctuation, and shortness of breath.
These side effects should be treated immediately by medical
professionals as they could be signs of serious health
issues. If you or someone you love has been diagnosed with
congestive heart failure as a result of using Avandia, you
may be entitled to financial compensation
Click here to view the FDA video:
Ongoing Safety Analysis for Avandia
"The
New England Journal of
Medicine study just released showing a 43 percent
increase in heart attacks in people using Avandia should
come as no surprise either to the Food and Drug
Administration (FDA) or to Glaxo. In animal studies done
prior to its approval, one of the most constant findings was
damage to the heart, and within the first six years of
approval there have been 689 cases of heart failure reported
to the FDA in patients using the drug. In addition, there
have been reports of anemia which, along with heart failure,
increases the risk for a heart attack."
More recently, there have
been numerous reports of visual abnormalities in the form of
macular edema (swelling of part of the retina) and increases
in several kinds of fractures in women. Despite prior
knowledge of serious cardiac problems, the FDA has failed to
require Glaxo to adequately warn about the dangers of this
drug that should be, at best, a last-choice treatment for
Type II diabetes. In addition to the accumulating evidence
of its risks, it is not even as effective as other diabetes
drugs in lowering blood sugar or hemoglobin A1C, a measure
of glucose control.
Avandia Lawyers
Texas Dangerous Drug Attorney Jason
Coomer commonly works with other lawyers throughout Texas
including Houston Avandia Lawyers, San Antonio
Pharmaceutical Lawyers, Dallas Defective Medication Lawyers,
and other Austin Dangerous Drug Claim Lawyers. By
sharing information and working together, his law firm and
other firms throughout Texas are able to provide better
representation for there clients.
If you have lost a person that you love
from a heart attack that you think was caused by Avandia or
you believe that you have suffered heart damage from Avandia and need a Texas Avandia Lawyer to investigate a
possible Avandia death claim or Avandia injury claim,
please feel free to e-mail Texas Diabetes Drug Lawyer Jason
Coomer with your name & contact
information or use our online
form for a free case evaluation.
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