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Extended-Release Metformin Tablets (Fortamet) Linked to Risk for Lactic Acidosis

Posted: Friday, June 09, 2006

The FDA approved safety labeling revisions for metformin HCl extended-release tablets (Fortamet, made by Andrx Labs, LLC) to warn of the risk for lactic acidosis associated with metformin accumulation during treatment.

Health Care Coverage Protected for Millions of Americans with Diabetes

Posted: Tuesday, May 30, 2006

The bill was defeated which could have resulted in the loss of critical health care coverage guarantees for over 85 million Americans.

Georgia to Pay Diabetes Doctors for Performance

Posted: Tuesday, May 30, 2006

Georgia will provide bonuses to doctors who care for state employees with diabetes, and improve their outcomes.

Beverage Industry Agrees to Halt Soda Sales in Schools

Posted: Monday, May 15, 2006

Bill Clinton, has done what public health experts failed to do. He pulled the plug on public school soda machines.

Diabetes Reversed: FDA Authorizes Human Trials

Posted: Friday, April 21, 2006

After successfully demonstrating that a groundbreaking treatment strategy can reverse type 1 diabetes in animal studies, the FDA has given the go-ahead for researchers from the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center to begin a phase I trial evaluating the treatment in humans.

FDA Accepts New Drug Application for Diabetes Drug Galvus

Posted: Friday, April 21, 2006

Clinical studies show significant blood sugar reductions (HbA1c) sustained for one year - Trials also show no association with weight gain; overall incidence of side effects, including hypoglycemia and edema, similar to placebo.

U.S. FDA Refuses to Pull Abbott Obesity Drug Meridia

Posted: Thursday, August 25, 2005

Consumer advocacy group Public Citizen had twice called on the agency to pull the drug from the market, citing deaths from cardiovascular problems in people using the drug. But the FDA concluded that "sibutramine's overall risk-benefit profile supports it remaining available as a prescription drug for the treatment of appropriately selected obese patients,"

Aggressive Diabetes Education Program Makes Positive Impact

Posted: Tuesday, June 28, 2005

On Health of Medicaid Patients. The program is projected to reduce diabetes-related mortality by 9 percent and microvascular disease events by 15 percent among those who completed the program

Nationwide Recall of Insulin Syringe 1-cc, 28-Gauge 1/2-Inch 100's

Posted: Tuesday, June 28, 2005

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and Qualitest Pharmaceuticals, Inc., have notified healthcare professionals and consumers via letter of a nationwide recall of all lots of 1-cc, 28 gauge 1/2-inch AccuSure insulin syringes (NDC 0603-6996-21, boxes of 100) distributed between October 2004 and June 2005.

New Insulin Treatment For Canine Diabetes

Posted: Wednesday, May 05, 2004

The Food and Drug Administration has approved its first-ever canine diabetic treatment.

Before today's announcement, veterinarians would treat diabetes in dogs using human insulin. But the F-D-A says human insulin isn't compatible with a dog's metabolic system