Diabetes Drugs Linked to a Higher Risk of Macular Edema

June 12, 2012 – A ten-year study recently concluded that thiazolidinedione drugs, such as Avandia and Actos, may increase the risk of macular edema, a serious eye condition that can lead to blindness. It noted that the incidence of macular edema in studied patients on these drugs was more than double that of patients who were not on thiazolidinediones. At times during the study, there were more than six times the amount of studied patients who experienced macular edema after using a thiazolidinedione, compared to patients not on these drugs. Read more about this study at: Association Between Thiazolidinedione Treatment and Risk of Macular Edema Among Patients With Type 2 Diabetes, JAMA