FDA ruling spurs LI doctors to take patients off Avandia
Quick ReadThe FDA said doctors can only prescribe Avandia to new diabetic patients if no other drug is available.
Photo credit: Getty Images | A photo illustration a bottle of Avandia diabetes medication. (May 21, 2007)
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration's decision to restrict use of the diabetes drug Avandia has persuaded some Long Island doctors to take their patients off the drug while others said they had long ago stopped prescribing it.
Last week, the FDA said doctors can only prescribe Avandia to new diabetic patients if no other drug is available, while European drug regulators suspended its sale...
