about actos and avandia......

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Medical News: Study Suggests How Two Diabetes Drugs May Exacerbate Heart Failure - in Nephrology, Diabetes from MedPage Today (http://www.medpagetoday.com/Nephrology/Diabetes/dh/6608)

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I was on Avandia, but told my primary care doctor that I stopped taking it when the first warnings came out. He replaced it with Actos. I had a terrible reaction to it, and stopped taking that too. I had no idea that Actos was also included in the warning until I saw a later report.

Last I heard, both drugs now have the "Black Box" warning from the FDA; the highest level of warning a drug can get before being recalled.

FWIW, my endo had suggested I get off Avandia before the warning. His opinion was that it would make losing weight more difficult.