ALERT: Avandia increases heart attack risk by 43% and risk of death from heart disease by 64%.

http://diabetes.webmd.com/news/20070521/diabetes-drug-avandia-heart-risk

Avandia increases heart attack risk by 43% -- and increases risk of death from heart disease by 64%.

Diabetes Drug Avandia: Heart Risk?

Study Shows 43% More Heart Attacks With Avandia; Drugmaker Says Study Is Flawed
By Daniel J. DeNoon
WebMD Medical News
Reviewed by Louise Chang, MD

May 21, 2007 – The diabetes drug Avandia may increase a person's risk of heart attack and death due to heart disease, a new study warns.

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Avandia is one of the world's best selling diabetes drugs, and GSK has had this information for some time but taken no action, and the FDA says they do not have the authority to pull the drug from the market.

The FDA did require some new packaging in the last year or so, but that appears to be the extent of protecting the public health.

whatever doesn't kill you first. I guess the USA is becoming hazardous to anyone's health.

86/15560 = 0.55% Avandia
72/12283 = 0.59% placebo

39/15560 = 0.25% Avandia
22/12283 = 0.18% placebo

Why was this missed, seeing as how values of less than 1% are headline-worthy. I don't get it.