{"id":8021,"date":"2010-06-03T03:16:30","date_gmt":"2010-06-03T07:16:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/asweetlife.org\/?p=8021"},"modified":"2015-12-29T09:01:19","modified_gmt":"2015-12-29T14:01:19","slug":"type-2-diabetes-may-be-prevented-with-a-combination-of-avandia-and-metformin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/asweetlife.org\/?p=8021","title":{"rendered":"Type 2 Diabetes May Be Prevented With a Combination of Avandia and Metformin"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/asweetlife.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/gsk-logo.jpg\" rel=\"mfp\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-29447 lazyload\" title=\"gsk-logo\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" data-src=\"https:\/\/asweetlife.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/gsk-logo.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"166\" \/><\/a>According to a new report published in the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thelancet.com\/journals\/lancet\/article\/PIIS0140-6736%2810%2960746-5\/fulltext\" target=\"_blank\">Lancet<\/a>, taking a low dose of GlaxoSmithKline&#8217;s diabetes drug Avandia (rosiglitazone) combined with metformin was highly effective in prevention of type 2 diabetes in patients with impaired glucose tolerance, with little effect on the clinically relevant adverse events of these two drugs.<br \/> The study included 207 patients with impaired glucose tolerance who were randomly assigned to receive combination rosiglitazone (2 mg) and metformin (500 mg) twice daily or matching placebo for a median of 3\u00b79 years. 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