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Willman exposed the risks of the prescription drug Rezulin, an oral diabetes treatment that had been hastily approved by the Food and Drug Administration...
...wired to be curious about unintended consequences,” he said, “I saw Rezulin as a helpful window through which to get a view of the new paradigm of prescription drug review and approval...
...insulin. "Type 2 is more of a supply-and-demand problem," says Dr. David Nathan, a diabetes expert at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston. The body can't keep up with its elevated need for insulin, and it becomes more and more resistant to the insulin it does make. Rezulin was the first drug that directly lowered insulin resistance...
Some critics have argued that the FDA waited too long to ask Warner-Lambert, Rezulin's manufacturer, to issue a recall. The pharmaceutical company still believes Rezulin is a good drug and blames the media for sensationalizing its risks. But if you're one of the 500,000 Americans currently taking Rezulin, what you need to know right now is how to get off the drug without jeopardizing your health...
...more information on Rezulin or diabetes, visit time.com/personal You can e-mail Christine at gorman@time.com