Last week the diabetes drug Avandia came under fire again--this time for its link to liver failure and death. The group Public Citizen wrote in the journal Pharmacoepidemiology and Drug Safety that 11 adverse events reported to the FDA from 1997-2006related to death caused by liver toxicity were associated with Avandia.
According to the L.A. Times, Dr. James Floyd of Public Citizen was quoted as saying, "[b]ecause of low reporting rates to the [FDA] database, the 11 cases likely represent a small fraction of the patients who developed liver failure because of the drug."
Avandia has also been linked to increases in risk of heart attack, heart failure, bone fractures and vision loss from macular edema.
Lawsuits are being filed on behalf of individuals who took Avandia and suffered liver failure, heart attack, heart failure and stroke. Numerous lawsuits have been filed and are currently consolidated for pretrial proceedings in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.
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