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AHA/ADA issue statement on diabetes drug linked to heart failure

Published in Obesity and Diabetes Week, December 29th, 2003

In response to a series of reports linking popular diabetes medications to congestive heart failure, the American Heart Association and the American Diabetes Association have issued recommendations to guide physicians and patients in the use of glucose-lowering agents known as thiazolidinones (TZDs).

The statement appeared in the December 8, 2003, print issue of Circulation, a journal of the American Heart Association. The statement will also be published in the January 2004 issue of Diabetes Care.

Diabetes is a major risk factor for heart disease. TZD agents rosiglitizone maleate (Avandia) and pioglitazone hydrochloride (Actos) help...

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Source: Obesity and Diabetes Week (2003-12-29)

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