Millions of Americans take the oral drug Avandia for type 2 diabetes. That means they are not insulin-dependent, though they may take insulin along with Avandia for their condition. Manufactured by GlaxoSmithKline and put on sale in 1999, Avandia is designed to control blood sugar levels. But Avandia use comes with dangerous drug risks. Avandia users may suffer a heart attack, stroke or PPH (primary pulmonary hypertension). Such illnesses and injuries can arise if a person uses Avandia for 30 days or more.
How serious are these Avandia side effects risks? The New England Journal of Medicine says Avandia causes a 43 per cent increase in a person's risk of heart attack. It's estimated that 70 per cent of all diabetics will due of heart disease, but Avandia is making that worse. In fact, in late 2007 the Food and Drug Administration placed a "black box" warning on Avandia products -- its highest alert to consumers -- though Avandia remained on the market.
But victims are fighting back, and many do so with an Avandia lawsuit. Such an Avandia lawsuit, when pressed by a Greg Jones attorney, can seek fair and fitting financial compensation for Avandia side effects victims' injuries, medical bills, lost wages and pain and suffering.
Such an Avandia lawsuit can target GlaxoSmithKline, a company which has profited greatly while selling innocent Americans its defective drug. Based in London, England, GSK has made at least $3 billion selling Avandia to six million users. The same company also makes almost $1 billion a year by selling Paxil, another defective drug.
More than 20 million Americans have diabetes and need medications which will help them, not hurt them. Avandia, known generically as rosiglitazone, can hurt them with its defective drug side effects.
Those who suffer PPH after using Avandia then face the threat of congestive heart failure, a fatal condition. PPH tightens small blood vessels that supply blood to the lungs. This forces the heart to pump more strenuously, and eventually causes the heart to enlarge and stiffen. Heart attack or stroke also can ensue after a person uses Avandia for more than 30 days.
Despite increasing concerns from medical professionals about Avandia side effects risks, the FDA has not removed it from the market. Instead, it has ordered GSK to study Avandia to determine if it does, in fact, cause PPH, heart attack, stroke or other Avandia side effects illnesses and injuries. GSK has until 2014 to complete that study.
Meanwhile, many Avandia users face uncertainty and perhaps the prospect of suffering a debilitating or even fatal Avandia injury. While no one should stop taking a prescribed drug without a physician's permission, Avandia users should not suffer in silence. Rather, they can engage a Greg Jones attorney to explore proceeding with an Avandia lawsuit. Such an Avandia lawsuit can seek economic recovery and financial compensation from a manufacturer which clearly has not made their welfare its primary concern.
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