Breaking Medical News: Diabetes Drugs Linked to Increased Fracture Risk in Women

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I don't have diabetes or pre-diabetes myself, but I do, like most of you, have

friends and family who are seriously concerned about diabetes, This item just in

from the PCRM (Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine) looked like

something to pass on here

 

Best, Pat

 

Diabetes Drugs Linked to Increased Fracture Risk in Women

 

Avandia and Actos, two diabetes drugs, double the risk of bone fractures in

women with type 2 diabetes, according to a new report by researchers at Wake

Forest University and Britain's University of East Anglia.

 

The researchers analyzed 10 studies of more than 14,000 diabetes patients and

found that both Avandia and Actos doubled women's risk of bone fractures, but

had no effect on men's risk of bone fractures. Researchers stated that the

underlying cause of the sex-specific effect on fractures was unclear, but they

suggested the drugs may cause the problem by replacing bone marrow with fat

cells.

 

Other well-known concerns about these medications include weight gain, increased

risk of heart failure, and expense of around $110 per month. This new study

highlights the need to promote the effectiveness of lifestyle modifications in

managing type 2 diabetes. PCRM's recent study, published in the Journal of the

American Dietetic Association, showed the beneficial effects of a low-fat vegan

diet for type 2 diabetes, without any harmful side effects.

 

Singh S, Loke YK. The safety of rosiglitazone in the treatment of Type 2

diabetes. Pharma Sci. 2008;7(5):579-585.

 

Turner-McGrievy GM, Barnard ND, Cohen J, Jenkins DJA, Gloede L, Green AA.

Changes in nutrient intake and dietary quality among participants with type 2

diabetes following a low-fat vegan diet or a conventional diabetes diet for 22

weeks. J Am Diet Assoc. 2008;108:1636-1645.

 

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