The New York Times says they have obtained a report stating that “500 heart attacks and 300 cases of heart failure would be averted every month” if recipients of Avandia were taking another medication that is similar. Avandia, which is the drug rosiglitazone maleate, was linked to 304 deaths in Q3 of 2009 according to the NYT.
The medication, manufactured by pharmaceutical giant GlaxoSmithKline, has been recommended for removal by Dr. David Graham and Dr. Kate Gelperin of the Food and Drug Administration. Avandia was the #1 selling drug in the United States, with $3.2 billion in 2006. But a scientific study researching the harmful effects on the heart was released in 2007, sending sales plummeting.
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Elsewhere it is estimated Avadia caused some 83,000 excess heart attacks. Add that to the 140,000 excess heart attacks from Vioxx. With "medicines" like this who needs healthcare reform. Certainly the pharmaceutical industry wants to maximize its profits by giving drugs out for chronic conditions, but its not a good business model to murder all your customers, no wage earners left to leach from.
If the FDA were an organic herbal provider rather than the paid stooge of the pharmaceutical industry they would be on trial for charges of genocide by this point.
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