Maoi Food Restrictions
An advisory panel reporting to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is recommending that the diabetes drug Avandia be kept on the market, with major restrictions. This decision comes after a two-day meeting in which 33 health experts heard evidence on whether Avandia increases the risk of patient heart attacks and death. Drugmaker GlaxoSmithKline was faulted by some panel members for falsifying data on major side effects, and in the end 17 of the panel members voted to keep the drug on...
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