Resource Website On GlaxoSmithKline Avandia

Avandia Resource Website

Avandia Lawyers Williams Bailey launch an Avandia Resource Website

Houston, TX (PRWEB) June 5, 2007 -- In reaction to a study (Effect of Rosiglitazone on the Risk of Myocardial Infarction and Death from Cardiovascular Causes-Published at frequently asked questions in regards to Avandia intended to be a resource for frequently asked questions related to Avandia. Williams Bailey is led by Attorneys John Eddy Williams and Steve Kherkerk, and has 26 attorneys and over 120 support staff and has worked in the area pharmaceutical litigation for over 24 years.

Avandia (rosiglitazone) is made by GlaxoSmithKline and is prescribed as a treatment for Type 2 Diabetes for those who do not take daily insulin injections. Avandia was approved by the FDA in 1999 over the past 8 years over 60 million prescriptions have been written for the drug. According to the study by Dr. Steven Nissen and Kathy Wolksi who evaluated 42 studies that looked at 28,000 patients of whom were 15,560 were taking Avandia. The researchers found the risk of a heart attack increased 43 percent among those taking Avandia. The researches also found that there is a 64 percent increased risk of dying from cardiovascular causes while taking the drug. The findings of the study that will appear in the June 14 issue of the New England Journal of Medicine, but because of the serious implications of the study the New England Journal of Health released the findings early. The FDA reported that Avandia is the same class as Rezulin which in rare cases has been associated with serious liver injury including liver failure or death. The FDA also reports that there is a risk associated with Avandia of blood sugar becoming dangerously low. Paul Diggle a pharmaceutical analyst at Nomura Code Securities based in London commented, "Unless this can be refuted, which I rather doubt, then this is going to seriously damage one of the cornerstones of Glaxo going forward."

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