Northerner
Admin (Retired)
- Relationship to Diabetes
- Type 1
Diabetes drugs have been linked to thousands of deaths and hospitalizations over the last decade, an investigation by MedPage Today and the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel found — but there is little ability to determine exactly how risky the drugs may be to the public.
That's because the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's reporting system provides only a partial view of the potentially dangerous side effects of the dozensof drugs it approves every year.
This shortcoming is particularly important in the treatment of diabetes, since the agency has approved dozens of drugs based on surrogate measures, such as tests that lower blood sugar levels, rather than proven outcomes such as reducing heart attacks, strokes, blindness or amputations.
http://www.jsonline.com/watchdog/wa...-potential-dangers-b99402916z1-286529331.html
That's because the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's reporting system provides only a partial view of the potentially dangerous side effects of the dozensof drugs it approves every year.
This shortcoming is particularly important in the treatment of diabetes, since the agency has approved dozens of drugs based on surrogate measures, such as tests that lower blood sugar levels, rather than proven outcomes such as reducing heart attacks, strokes, blindness or amputations.
http://www.jsonline.com/watchdog/wa...-potential-dangers-b99402916z1-286529331.html