Comments on: Avandia Heart Atacks Link- Drug for Diabetics May Increase Risk by 40 Percent

By: a. z.

a. z. — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 17:58:15 +0000

I took avandia for about three months and gained 10 pounds of fluid. My Dr. at the time took me off it and put me on another similar pill and I gained another 8 pounds of fluid. I am a RN and know the s/s of congested heart failure , had trouble breathing, called called the Dr. and stopped taking it. (he didn’t want me to stop it). He is no longer my Dr.! People shoud be careful of the drugs they are given. These drugs are not tested by the FDA, as most people think, but by the same drug companies that developed them; then they send the test results to the FDA This is like giving the fox full range of the hen house. I never take any drug unless it has been out on the market for at least 5 years and then I research itreally well before taking it.

By: Geneva Eccleston.

Geneva Eccleston. — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 17:24:03 +0000

I have been taking Avanda for the past six years along with other medication. I have discovered that my blood pressure has shot up, much higher than I would like it to be. I am now on two blood pressure pills and I am not getting any better. I try to eat what I am told to eat, but even moreso,because I love fruits and I live in the tropics I am able to get plenty of fresh fruits. My daily diet consists mainly of fresh fruits and vegetable, sweet potatoes (yellow belly) and yam. I also eat fresh fish and chicken.
I do my blood test each morning as I awake, but my blood count is up and down li
ke a yo-yo.
What other steps can I do to help my diabetese.
P.S. My eyes are good I make sure I take my test as they become due.
I have no pain in my feet, i am energetic and actually dont feel ill except for the high blood presure.

By: Linda Cartwright

Linda Cartwright — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 02:07:44 +0000

I was on avandia for several years on the insistance of my doctor . I developed congestive heart failure from the medicine and I had to have heart surgery and I have had bad congestive heart problems ever since. I wish the drug companies would better test these drugs be fore the doctor’s dispence them.

By: Evidence is Mounting in Favor of an Avandia Recall - US Recall News Alert

Evidence is Mounting in Favor of an Avandia Recall - US Recall News Alert — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 04:10:23 +0000

[...] concerns surrounding the drug first emerged in May 2007, leading the FDA to issue an Avandia safety alert stating that studies show there is a “potentially significant increase in the risk of heart [...]

By: mary c smith

mary c smith — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 01:55:23 +0000

i took avanda for a long time. I have congested heart fallaer. I also have a bad time with my bones, truable in my spine, arms, hands i craked a bone in my left foot. I have to take shots in my back, shoulder, hands