All drugs are potentially harmful to us and that is why we have doctors, however you have to look at the risk to benefit ratio. This is no lye or joke. Put things in perspective. Yes it is true.
More people die every year due to extreme reaction to penicillin.
So in total, since rezulin has been around, some 327,000 diabetics have died due to complications not including all of the blindness, dialysis, or amputations. The FDA agreed that there were 28 associated deaths out of the 1.6 million patients presently taking rezulin. The proper liver monitoring will also prevent liver toxicity. Monitoring is put in place so that if it is detected, the medication can be discontinued and levels will return to normal. Put things in perspective.