The consumer group, public citizen is doing the work right job in right time by asking U.S. government to band Avandia, dangerous drugs that pose a safety threat to the American public. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) should immediately ban the dangerous diabetes drug Avandia because it can cause death from liver failure and has many other life-threatening risks that far outweigh its benefits, Public Citizen said in a petition filed today with the agency.

Avandia was FDA standard in May 1999 for the cure of type 2 diabetes. Avandia is supposed to be used in addition to diet and exercise to develop blood sugar control. At that time Avandia became one of the most popular drugs for the pharmaceutical company GlaxoSmithKline. But, in March 2000, the Public Citizen Consumer group appealed to the FDA for the instant revision of “inadequate, misleading, and potentially dangerous professional product labeling” for the diabetes drugs referred to as “glitazones”, which contain Rezulin, Avandia and Actos. Sadly, Avandia has been connected to a number of serious side effects.

In 2003, medical specialists at the Mayo Clinic exposed that Avandia was linked to six cases of heart stoppage in aged men undergoing treatment for type II diabetes. These men have symptoms of weight gain, shortness of breath, and liquid in the lungs, which all happen when the heart can no longer force blood through the circulatory system which can cause fluid build up in the body. Some experts suggest that Avandia raises the risk of heart attack by 30 to 40 percent. Others, liver related all problems such as stomach pain; jaundice; vomiting are also associated with Avandias. Public Citizen said its own research found 14 cases of liver failure linked with Avandia, 12 of which led to death. The petition also said Avandia dispose some patients to eye troubles, anemia and bone fractures.

Avandia use dropped sharply for its serious side effects but unfortunately, about a million U.S. patients still take it. So for bringing the real worse of health Public Citizen, filed a petition with the Food and Drug Administration to have Avandia taken off the market.