What are good alternatives to Avandia for treating type II Diabetes?

I''ve been on Avandia for 3 years, and take metformin as well. Now today, news stories show significantly increased heart attack risk with Avandia, and since heart disease runs in my family, I'd rather not chance it. Plus, Avandia makes it really hard to keep weight down, in my experience.

It is very likely going to be a class effect, so Actos is not an appropriate alternative.

The Avandia story has been over-hyped. Read the response in the Lancet, another respected journal.

All diabetics are at risk for heart disease regardless of which medication they use.

Talk it over with your doctor.

My doctor just increased my Metformin to three a day. In other words with each meal. But I am also on insulin. But since the warning on Avandia came out I will stay away from that drug. We who have Diabetes do not need unwanted problems from drugs.

I stopped avandia several yrs ago after i found out it caused fluid retention . I am glad I did. The statistics on this med sound just horrible .

Doctor : I have some good news and some bad news "
Family member of a patient with diabetes " Tell me please "
Doctor "Your relative's blood sugar is great but he has had a massive heart attack and is dead "

Your doctor can help you decide what to do to replace the avandia.
Good luck.

Ask your doctor about ACTOS it is a TZD that works on a different gene receptor. Ask him about the "Proactive" study. (Avandia's main competitor) Ask if the heart problem is a class effect. I do not beleive that it is. But ask your doctor what he recommends. Actos is Pioglitazone hydrochloride.

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