Comments on: Avandia Lawyer – Diabetes Clinical Trial Halted Due to Deaths http://www.consumernewsweekly.com/avandia-lawyer-diabetes-clinical-trial-halted-due-to-deaths/ Daily Updated Consumer and Legal News Alerts Fri, 06 Mar 2009 01:46:04 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Bernard Farrell http://www.consumernewsweekly.com/avandia-lawyer-diabetes-clinical-trial-halted-due-to-deaths/comment-page-1/#comment-84 Bernard Farrell Fri, 08 Feb 2008 11:21:28 +0000 http://www.consumernewsweekly.com/avandia-lawyer-diabetes-clinical-trial-halted-due-to-deaths/#comment-84 It's worth reading about this study in more detail. Please point out that these folks all had type 2 diabetes. This is NOT a concern for anyone with type 1 diabetes.<br /> Also everyone in the trial already were at risk for cardiovascular disease. There's a lot more useful reading at the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute's question and answer page (http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health/prof/heart/other/accord/q_a.htm). This was the group that was conducting the trial.<br /> Yes this is a concern, but I don't think it's as dramatic as your summary suggests.<br /> I posted about this on my blog yesterday.<br /> <blockquote>Thank You for the extra information Bernard. We try to get the FDA alrerts out ASAP for our readers. These are the FDA texts, not ours but if the FDA is warning on a product, it is usually a serious concern for patients.<br /> Your blog is very informative. <br /> Here is a link to Bernards blog about <a href="http://www.bernardfarrell.com/blog/2008/02/intensive-blood-sugar-control-dangerous.html" rel="nofollow">Diabetes</a> for everyone.<br /> <a href="http://blog.bernardfarrell.com" rel="nofollow"> http://blog.bernardfarrell.com<a/> </blockquote> It’s worth reading about this study in more detail. Please point out that these folks all had type 2 diabetes. This is NOT a concern for anyone with type 1 diabetes.
Also everyone in the trial already were at risk for cardiovascular disease. There’s a lot more useful reading at the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute’s question and answer page (http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health/prof/heart/other/accord/q_a.htm). This was the group that was conducting the trial.
Yes this is a concern, but I don’t think it’s as dramatic as your summary suggests.
I posted about this on my blog yesterday.

Thank You for the extra information Bernard. We try to get the FDA alrerts out ASAP for our readers. These are the FDA texts, not ours but if the FDA is warning on a product, it is usually a serious concern for patients.
Your blog is very informative.
Here is a link to Bernards blog about Diabetes for everyone.
http://blog.bernardfarrell.com

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