Actos is a drug for people with Type 2 diabetes. People with this disease have trouble controlling the sugar levels in their blood, and the active ingredient in Actos is pioglitazone, which helps ameliorate this problem. When Avandia, another Type 2 diabetes drug, was found to have serious side effects, Actos began to be prescribed as [...]
Byetta is a drug given to people diagnosed with Type 2 Diabetes, in order to control blood glucose levels. It works by aiding the pancreas to produce insulin more efficiently, but lately a series of reported Byetta side effects are leading researchers to believe that the drug actually harms the pancreas. A link between Byetta [...]
Pondimin and Redux, diet drugs that contained Fen-Phen, were banned in 1997 after only one year of FDA approval. People had been taking Fen-Phen throughout the 1990s, however, as an off-market drug. That means it’s a drug not approved by the FDA. Demand for such drugs is often so strong that the public overlooks lack [...]
Avandia is a diabetes drug used to treat Type 2 Diabetes. Also known as rosiglitazone, this drug is said to be linked to hundreds of heart attacks and heart failures each month. In government documents uncovered by the New York Times this month, the Fed recommend removing the drug from the market. GlaxoSmithKline, the maker [...]
