The FDA is considering ending trials on Avandia, (see the article "FDA Mulls Killing Safety Study on Diabetic Drug") a new medication for the treatment of Diabetes. There is concern that the new drug is linked to increased heart disease in those using the drug.
I have said this for years. Every drug has the actions that are beneficial, at the expense of actions that are damaging. The positive effects are touted as lifesaving, where-as the damaging results of taking the drug are dismissed as being "side effects." That way, they don't sound so ominous.
The pharmaceutical companies are always under the gun to manufacture the new, latest, and greatest medication. It is the only way that they can survive. The medication is always touted as having wonderful life saving qualities, and the side effects are either non-existent or very minimal. The drug is tested and then released into the general public, where it finally, whether we like to hear it or not, is truly tested... on you and me.
Typically, 5-10 years after a medication is released, we begin to see the true nature of the "side effects". Kidney damage, liver damage, heart disease, immune suppression, etc etc. The medication that was the miracle of modern science only a few short years before suddenly becomes the subject of a medical scandal and the target of legal action by disgruntled patients or survivors of "victims" of the evil drug.
Who is to blame? We are! We keep ignoring the things that help us to be healthy, opting instead for the false promise of health in a bottle. We don't strive for health, but we eagerly ingest or inject medications once we inevitably become sick! True health will never be found in a bottle or vile of medication. Health is found in healthy eating, exercise, nutrition, chiropractic care, acupuncture... all when we are feeling WELL, not when we are finally feeling sick. Every day I see patients that come into me with substantial health issues, the kind that they have ignored for years. They want miracles in exchange for the decades of neglect towards their own health. Often I can give them some relief, and then, they immediately return to their own self-damaging practices and lifestyle, only to repeat the discomfort and increase their health issues.
Avandia is not the solution for diabetes. Sure, it might help some to manage the condition until its negative effects become too difficult to defend legally. But not to worry, there will be a new and improved drug on the horizon that will carry the promise of a cure without side effects.
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