In this newly released article it is discussing the risks of cancer and cardiovascular problems with diabetes medications. Lantus, Advandia, and Actos are all being studied under a close watch to the symptoms they may cause in diabetes patients.
I feel Americans these days are primarily focused on alleviating pain with medication, medication, medication! However, most producers of these products are all about money and do not care about what happens with the risks. Though the proper risks are labeled on the medication bottle, you know, “may cause heart problems, high blood pressure, etc.” But hello! If you have drugs still listed on the market that are facing law suits..why do people keep purchasing and doctors keep proscribing. I think it’s time we do more research on products before they become harmful in too many patients’ hands.
http://health.usnews.com/articles/health/diabetes/2009/07/07/5-risks-linked-to-diabetes-medications-like-lantus-avandia-actos.html
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The Pharmaceutical industry is ruining medicine. Personally I see the health care system in this country and ask: "How can you make this much money?" It's peoples health we're talking about here. If anything has ever been right for a low margin of revenue it is our health.
ReplyDeleteCapitalism is great! Watch Sicko.
People with diabetes take those medications to stay alive.
ReplyDeletePhysicians prescribe those medications because of the best information available to them.
Then, a few years down the line, people start dying -- and we find out that maybe the medications hadn't been tested as thoroughly as they should have been.
But, as Darren said, the pharmaceutical manufacturers have made their money -- and have plenty in the pot to pay off the handful of lawsuits that succeed, or to buy off the legislators or regulators.
Yeah, I'm cynical.