The American Medical News reports that the FDA is really concerned about increased risk of heart attacks from the newer diabetic drugs, especially the TZD drugs Avandia and Actose. A December, 2008 Canadian Medical Association Journal article also found that the fracture risk for older women taking Avandia doubled. Even the old-time drugs like metformin and Glucotrol have not been shown to reduce the risk of heart attacks in type 2 diabetics. Your best bet to treat diabetes is diet and exercise. I am also impressed with using intravenous chelation therapy to reduce the MI risk in diabetics, although the proof is not there yet for chelation either.
See American Medical News 1/19/09 issue.
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