What is the difference between Actos and Avandia. Does Actos have the same side !


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What is the difference between Actos and Avandia. Does Actos have the same side effects as Avandia?

Lately Avandia has been associated with heart failure according to New England Medical Journal. Actos is also being associated with this risk being a similar salt to Avandia. Does anyone know the similarities and differences between the two drugs


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I disagree with the above poster. I think this is a battle for market share.

The New England Journal of Medicine was really taken to task for publishing the Avandia article. Read the article for yourself. Also read the scathing response in the Lancet, an equally well-respected British medical journal.

Then talk to your doctor about how this (old) data applies to your particular situation. As with all meds, you must ask whether the benefits outweigh the risks. Often they really do.

What bugs me about this one is the way it was driven, funded, published and hyped.




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