The Medical Letter on Drugs and Therapeutics
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April 17, 2000
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Substituting For Troglitazone
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Substituting For Troglitazone
April 17, 2000 (Issue: 1076)
Full-page advertisements in newspapers are urging patients with type 2 diabetes coming off Rezulin to ask their doctors to switch to Avandia or Actos. Troglitazone was withdrawn from the market on March 21 because of rare but severe hepatic toxicity.
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