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Archive for July 2nd, 2009

Varenicline and Suicide Risk

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Medical News: Popular Stop-Smoking Drugs to Carry Mental Health Risk Warnings – in Public Health & Policy, Washington Watch from MedPage Today

Throughout the marketing history of the drugs, there have been 98 suicides and 188 attempted suicides in varenicline users and 14 suicides and 17 attempted suicides in bupropion users, the agency (FDA) reported.

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July 2, 2009 at 1:38 am

Stay Calm – Do Not Stop Taking Your Insulin

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Medical News: FDA Reviewing Safety Data for Insulin Glargine – in Cardiovascular, Diabetes from MedPage Today

Published online in Diabetologia, three of the four studies found some type of cancer-related association with the long-acting insulin analog.

I have a link to Diabetologia on my sidebar if you are interested in downloading the original studies.

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July 2, 2009 at 1:29 am