Rezulin side effects and Dangers

What is Rezulin used for?

Rezulin was a diabetes drug. Approved to treat type-2 diabetes,

Why was Rezulin Recalled (or why should it) ?

Rezulin was recalled on March 21, 2000 after a very controversial FDA approval and stay on the U.S. market. It was linked to 90 cases of life threatening liver damage, and at least 63 deaths have resulted from the use of this diabetes drug.

The drug was approved in only six months, and FDA physicians have described the approval conditions as lowered safety standards. The medication Rezulin had been prescribed to an estimated 2 million people prior to it’s recall.

The FDA’s top expert in assessing and preventing deaths related to the use of prescription drugs concluded that Rezulin patients were 1,200 times more likely to suffer liver failure.

Rezulin manufacturer Warner-Lambert has been accused of knowing as early as 1993 of at least one case of a patient who showed liver damage after taking Rezulin. The manufacturer downplayed liver damage concerns when seeking federal approval by assuring Rezulin was low risk.

What Makes Rezulin a dangerous Drug ( side effects):

• Liver Damage
• Liver Failure