Doctors caustion over common diabetes drugs - sulphonylureas

December 5, 2009 by srrpenna

A group of drugs commonly used for diabetes carry an increased risk of heart problems and death when compared with a different type of diabetes drug, researchers have found.

Their study found that people taking drugs called sulphonylureas are more likely to have heart attacks, heart failure or die, compared to people taking another popular diabetes drug called metformin. Doctors should choose metformin when treating people with diabetes, unless they can't take it or it doesn't work for them, say the researchers.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/besttreatments/2009/dec/04/doctor...

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