After I checked into the potential side effects, I am not excited about Salsalate. It seems as if the drug manufacturers are just pumping out new drugs, regardless of the side effect profile. I told my relative Actos may cause heart failure, and Avandia could be harmful to some, even causing deaths. I am still waiting for Generex Oral-lyn, because I could use it only when I need it.
Salsalate is not a new drug. It's been on the market for some time for arthritis.
I was in a clinical study of this drug and it restored my first-phase insulin response.
However, salicylates do have side effects (like tinnitus), and they're hoping that when they show that this drug can work, the drug companies will develop something with the good effects of this drug but not the side effects.
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I asked my doctors about salsalate, and both told me there was too great a risk for damage to my kidneys and that the amount that it lowered A1C in the trials was not significant enough to warrant its use.