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Dear All,

At a time when Lantus and Victoza and other diabetic medication have Black Box

Warnings ( Cancer, pancreatitis etc), the following articles are very much

welcomed:

Four years on, intensive lifestyle changes yield benefits over standard diabetes

care

http://medicaleconomics.modernmedicine.com/memag/article/articleDetail.jsp?id=72\

8817 & sk=73e0ded6c6d630bd82a5548949510a0a

Intensive lifestyle intervention sends some diabetes cases into remission

http://medicaleconomics.modernmedicine.com/memag/article/articleDetail.jsp?id=72\

8818 & sk=23e88ad7bda268dfb26e029819c22a26

NOW if ONLY I can take my own advice! J

Actually I thought it appropriate to show that we may see a drop in the

prescriptions of diabetic meds if more doctors would require the patients to

read the literature regarding meds vs life style changes. The main problem is by

the time the doctor sees the pt with the signs of diabetes for the first time,

life style changes are too slow to respond to the immediate high glucose and

patient needs. Once the patient is put on diabetic meds the hormone levels

affect weight loss, which becomes slower.

It is important to teach about diabetes in elementary, junior high and high

school to prevent sedentary life styles. We need to put physical activity

classes back into the schools where it has been removed.

In the mean time we continue to see diabetic drugs with black box warnings STILL

on the shelf, still prescribed and many recalled.

This site is NOT only for newbies. MANY who are currently working as techs, who

are studying to become certified use this site. This information is for all, but

more experienced techs will relate to this post than others. I encourage all of

you newbies ronot to become familiar with drug NEWS!

Notice the DATES on the following articles chronicling the removal of one drug

from the market, while the 'sister' drug is allowed to remain on the shelf.

6-7-2007 Diabetes drugs to get 'black box' warning - FDA to require notice of

heart failure risks on labels of Avandia, Actos

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/19090626/ns/health-diabetes/t/diabetes-drugs-get-bla\

ck-box-warning

Updated August 18, 2008Black Box Warnings -

Box Denotes a Drug's Possible Serious Side Effects or Risks

http://drugs.about.com/od/medicationabcs/a/BlackBoxWarning.htm

9-2010 FDA significantly restricts access to the diabetes drug Avandia

Makes regulatory decisions on RECORD and TIDE trials

http://www.fda.gov/NewsEvents/Newsroom/PressAnnouncements/2010/ucm226975.htm

Avandia® Diabetes Drug

http://www.adrugrecall.com/avandia/diabetes.html

4-12-2010 Black-box warning for Lilly/Amylin's diabetes drug Byetta?

http://www.pharmatimes.com/Article/10-04-12/Black-box_warning_for_Lilly_Amylin_s\

_diabetes_drug_Byetta.aspx

5-18-2011 The FDA Drug Safety Communication: Updated Risk Evaluation and

Mitigation Strategy (REMS) to Restrict Access to Rosiglitazone-containing

Medicines including Avandia, Avandamet, and Avandaryl

5-19-11 PODCAST of the above: After November 2011 Avandia Avandamet, and

Avandaryl users will not be allowed to get their meds at local pharmacies, only

via mail order. These meds will no longer be on the shelves in pharmacies. No

new prescriptions. 5:15 minutes

http://www.fda.gov/Drugs/DrugSafety/DrugSafetyPodcasts/ucm076703.htm

June 16, 2011 Actos FDA Drug Safety Podcast for Healthcare Professionals:

Update to ongoing safety review of Actos (pioglitazone) and increased risk of

bladder cancer

Transcript http://www.fda.gov/Drugs/DrugSafety/DrugSafetyPodcasts/ucm259489.htm

If you are interested in other drugs, their status and want to listen to the

podcasts here is a link to all podcasts by FDA

FDA Drug Safety Podcasts by Date

http://www.fda.gov/Drugs/DrugSafety/DrugSafetyPodcasts/ucm076703.htm

WANT GOOD NEWS? Read about FDA's report on antihypertension drug ARB's

June 2, 2011 FDA Drug Safety Podcast for Healthcare Professionals: No increase

in risk of cancer with certain blood pressure drugs--Angiotensin Receptor

Blockers (ARBs)

http://www.fda.gov/Drugs/DrugSafety/DrugSafetyPodcasts/ucm076703.htm

Transcript: http://www.fda.gov/Drugs/DrugSafety/DrugSafetyPodcasts/ucm257719.htm

As an instructor I am always aiming to get students and therefore you interested

in industry news.Hope it worked!

Jeanetta Mastron CPhT BS

Founder/Owner

Copyrighted June 26, 2011