Posts tagged avandia

• ACTOS Drug Label Revised to Include Bladder Cancer as Possible Risk

  Darren Tobin | September 19, 2011 1:49 PM | 0 CommentsAtlanta, GA Category: FDA & Prescription Drugs
  

  Patients who have been taking ACTOS, a popular diabetes drug, have been warned by the FDA that there is an increase in the risk of bladder cancer when the drug is ingested for more than 12 months....

• Actos Drug May Increase Risk of Bladder Cancer

  Darren Tobin | August 09, 2011 10:35 AM | 1 CommentAtlanta, GA Category: FDA & Prescription Drugs
  

  Actos (pioglitazaone) has recently been associated with the risk of bladder cancer, according to the FDA. On August 4, 2011, the FDA approved updated drug labels for the pioglitazone-containing...

• Public Citizen warns FDA danger of Avandia

  Jessica Smagacz | November 01, 2008 5:57 PM | 1 CommentAtlanta, GA Category: FDA & Prescription Drugs
  

  Public Citizen, a consumer group, petitioned the FDA asking them to ban Avandia. Avandia is a prescription drug used for diabetes by GlaxoSmithKline. Public Citizen said “the government...