The FDA has reported that there are unconfirmed reports that several diabetic drugs currently in use that may cause inflammation and pre-cancerous changes in the pancreas of those taking the drugs.These drugs are all known as incretin mimetics for type 2 diabetics. These drugs include Januvia and Jamumet made by Merck & co., Victoza made by Novo Nordish and Onglyza made by Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. and AstaZeneca Plc. For more detailed information; go to this CBS News Report here.
Another diabetic drug Avandia which was introduced in 1999 was reported in May of 2007 to cause extensive heart problems. It was later found that the maker GlaxoSmithKline had known of the drugs potential heart attack risk since at least 2005 and they failed to report it as required by law. It has been reported that an estimated 50,000 lawsuits over this has already been settled and more are still pending or being filled.
A few days back; I wrote an article about a book by Joel Fuhrman, M.D. titled The End of Diabetes The book tells about how Dr. Fuhrman used diet to reverse his patients diabetes. He believes that if we use his diet recommendations we can achieve the same results that his patients have. He does however want us to work with our own doctor during this process if we are on any diabetes medications. If we don’t we may lower our blood sugar too much when we start using his dietary recommendations. When we work with our own doctor he can change our medications as our need for them decreases. As I see it we have an easy choice; we can either continue to be unhealthy and suffer the complications from the disease and from the side affects of the medications we take for the rest of our life or we get healthy, our choice.
I am not just jumping on people who have diabetes, this applies to some extent to all diseases. Although all diseases may not be reversible as with diabetes; the condition may be sufficiently improved to make the effort worthwhile. Whatever condition you may have, the drugs prescribed in most cases, will not cure it and are designed to manage the symptoms. As with the diabetic drugs; in most cases they do have side affects and some could be fatal. In my own life; I will not take a drug if I can find an alternate solution that has less risk.
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