BREAKING NEWS: British Analysis Does Not Confirm Rosiglitazone (Avandia) MI Risk

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NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE, England, June 5 -- An interim analysis of the 4,447-patient RECORD trial did not confirman increased risk of myocardial infarction or cardiac death in patients taking rosiglitazone (Avandia) for treatment of type 2 diabetes, although the data suggest an increased risk of heart failure. So reported the New England Journal of Medicine online today, one day before a Congressional hearing on the safety of rosiglitazone.

NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE, England, June 5 -- An interim analysis of the 4,447-patient RECORD trial did not confirman increased risk of myocardial infarction or cardiac death in patients taking rosiglitazone (Avandia) for treatment of type 2 diabetes, although the data suggest an increased risk of heart failure. So reported the New England Journal of Medicine online today, one day before a Congressional hearing on the safety of rosiglitazone.

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