Plaintiffs' Lawyers Tout New Avandia Findings: Studies Show Diabetes Drug Doubles Heart Attack Risks

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Plaintiffs' lawyers are touting new findings that show users of the diabetes drug Avandia have more than double the risk of a heart attack compared with other diabetes drugs.

A recent study by Harvard researchers slated for publication by the American Diabetes Association found twice the number of heart attacks among 26,375 diabetic patients in patients studied between 2000 and 2006 who took Avandia, compared with diabetic patients in the same time period who took a different oral diabetic medication.

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Plaintiffs' Lawyers Tout New Avandia Findings: Studies Show Diabetes Drug Doubles Heart Attack Risks

A separate study sponsored by GlaxoSmithKline - the manufacturer of Avandia - and i3 Drug Safety, an independent drug safety firm, found that Avandia users have a 35 percent to 41 percen...

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