WSJ.com: "The Food and Drug Administration approved Merck & Co.'s diabetes drug Januvia for use in new combinations with other medicines, but the company also added information to the drug's label about reports of serious allergic reactions among some who have taken it. Patients' reactions have included constricted airways, swelling around the lips and a potentially fatal skin condition called Stevens-Johnson syndrome."
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Patient Information Sheet: Sitagliptin Phosphate (marketed as Januvia)
Januvia is a prescription medicine used along with diet and exercise to lower blood sugar in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (type 2 diabetes). ...www.fda.gov/CDER/Drug/InfoSheets/patient/sitagliptin_phosphatePIS.htm
New Type 2 Diabetes Drug - Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2, Type 1, and ...
Januvia may also be taken with the oral diabetes drugs metformin, Avandia, or Actos when any of those drugs, along with diet and exercise, don't adequately ...www.medicinenet.com/script/main/art.asp?articlekey=76963
Thursday, October 18, 2007
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