Is your Quack Doctor. Killing you with Actos or Avandia?!
Question: Is your Quack Doctor!. Killing you with Actos or Avandia!?
I have been for years trying to tell people not to use avandia or actos!. Before it was because of problems with heart disease!. Now it is with bone disorders!.
glitazone" diabetes drugs Actos and Avandia may double or triple the risk of broken bones after a year or two of use!.
The finding comes from Swiss researchers who analyzed 12 years of data on U!.K!. diabetes patients!. They compared the 1,020 patients who suffered some kind of fracture to 3,728 matched patients who did not break any bones!.
Over the course of the study, most of the patients took several diabetes drugs!. But those who refilled their Actos or Avandia prescriptions eight times or more -- about 12 to 18 months of use -- had nearly twice the fracture risk of other patients!.
And those who refilled their Actos or Avandia prescriptions 15 times or more -- two or more years of treatment -- nearly tripled their risk of fracture, found Christophe R!. Meier, PhD, head of pharmacoepidemiology research at University Hospital Basel, Switzerland, and colleagues!.
"We found a very strong signal here for higher risk of fractures in people taking glitazones," Meier tells WebMD!. "Our evidence fits together nicely with animal models and clinical reports suggesting that these drugs have a detrimental effect on bone!. And we did not find any increased risk for other diabetes drugs, so all together, it looks like something really is going on here!."Www@Answer-Health@Com
glitazone" diabetes drugs Actos and Avandia may double or triple the risk of broken bones after a year or two of use!.
The finding comes from Swiss researchers who analyzed 12 years of data on U!.K!. diabetes patients!. They compared the 1,020 patients who suffered some kind of fracture to 3,728 matched patients who did not break any bones!.
Over the course of the study, most of the patients took several diabetes drugs!. But those who refilled their Actos or Avandia prescriptions eight times or more -- about 12 to 18 months of use -- had nearly twice the fracture risk of other patients!.
And those who refilled their Actos or Avandia prescriptions 15 times or more -- two or more years of treatment -- nearly tripled their risk of fracture, found Christophe R!. Meier, PhD, head of pharmacoepidemiology research at University Hospital Basel, Switzerland, and colleagues!.
"We found a very strong signal here for higher risk of fractures in people taking glitazones," Meier tells WebMD!. "Our evidence fits together nicely with animal models and clinical reports suggesting that these drugs have a detrimental effect on bone!. And we did not find any increased risk for other diabetes drugs, so all together, it looks like something really is going on here!."Www@Answer-Health@Com
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I took actos for a while!. I also took the one that people were dying from-I woke up one morning and this black lady had died from liver disease!. The thing no one talked about is that that same pill caused my hair to thin!. That would have been nice to know too!.
But you do realize that when you start taking all the meds, you are betting that the damage your liver, kidneys, etc caused by the meds will lengthen your life longer than not taking them!. What's the bigger killer is the doctors that have a blase attitude about what diabetics need and the importance of getting their sugar under control!. I went to a doctor for years that overpilled me and just told me I needed to go on a diet!. If I could have controlled my eating more, I wouldn't have diabetes!. I was given pills with no way to control my sugar!. You take the pills and eat less, then your sugar is low and you can't function!. I finally found a doctor and I take what I need and alter to fit what I'm eating!. !. !.as I should have been years ago!. It's oh no, you can't possibly be smart enough to do that!. Please, it's my life and absolute control is necessary from the very beginning instead of all the ups and downs!. Or at least give people a choice-learn and take care of yourself or just take the pills, whatever the consequences!. I'm on my way to googling glizazones!. Thanks!. !. !.Www@Answer-Health@Com
But you do realize that when you start taking all the meds, you are betting that the damage your liver, kidneys, etc caused by the meds will lengthen your life longer than not taking them!. What's the bigger killer is the doctors that have a blase attitude about what diabetics need and the importance of getting their sugar under control!. I went to a doctor for years that overpilled me and just told me I needed to go on a diet!. If I could have controlled my eating more, I wouldn't have diabetes!. I was given pills with no way to control my sugar!. You take the pills and eat less, then your sugar is low and you can't function!. I finally found a doctor and I take what I need and alter to fit what I'm eating!. !. !.as I should have been years ago!. It's oh no, you can't possibly be smart enough to do that!. Please, it's my life and absolute control is necessary from the very beginning instead of all the ups and downs!. Or at least give people a choice-learn and take care of yourself or just take the pills, whatever the consequences!. I'm on my way to googling glizazones!. Thanks!. !. !.Www@Answer-Health@Com
No!.
Actually, my doctor is not a quack!. Just a conventionally schooled MD!. Who also happens to be into some alternatives, thanks to me!.
I would never, ever recommend a sulfonylurea to anyone either: http://answers!.yahoo!.com/question/index;!.!.!.
MDs have a real problem!. How on earth do you get the average lazy, convenience oriented patient to do what Mr!. Peachy has done!?!.!.!.!. Research, research, research, along with plenty of trial and error!. Finally, a solution!! Duhhh! Eat the foods our bodies were made to eat!.!.!. natural foods!. Do what our bodies were made to do!.!.!.!. be active and get plenty of exercise!. This is not rocket science, folks!. Type two diabetes can be fought!. You just have to get off your butt, learn a little, and just do it!. Unfortunately, the average person doesn't have the wherewithal, so doctors just give up and prescribe these dangerous drugs and the patients are too lazy to look up the pros and cons and blindly trust their doctor!. More!.!.!.!.
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Actually, my doctor is not a quack!. Just a conventionally schooled MD!. Who also happens to be into some alternatives, thanks to me!.
I would never, ever recommend a sulfonylurea to anyone either: http://answers!.yahoo!.com/question/index;!.!.!.
MDs have a real problem!. How on earth do you get the average lazy, convenience oriented patient to do what Mr!. Peachy has done!?!.!.!.!. Research, research, research, along with plenty of trial and error!. Finally, a solution!! Duhhh! Eat the foods our bodies were made to eat!.!.!. natural foods!. Do what our bodies were made to do!.!.!.!. be active and get plenty of exercise!. This is not rocket science, folks!. Type two diabetes can be fought!. You just have to get off your butt, learn a little, and just do it!. Unfortunately, the average person doesn't have the wherewithal, so doctors just give up and prescribe these dangerous drugs and the patients are too lazy to look up the pros and cons and blindly trust their doctor!. More!.!.!.!.
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