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Oct. 22, 2019

It has been a dozen years since Dr. Steven Nissen took direct aim at pioglitazone and rosiglitazone, based on his interpretation of cardiac risk factors. The FDA rushed to put severe restriction on their usage and finally in 2010 rosiglitazone, also known as Avandia, was withdrawn from the market. Pioglitazone …

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Oct. 19, 2019

It has been over 6 years since the FDA approved Invokana as the first SGLT-2 inhibitor for the treatment of diabetes. When it was introduced there was a cautious optimism based on the tremendous amount of press concerning the fear of urinary tract infections. Usage was slow at first but …

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