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Is Paula Deen Hawking A Dubious Diabetes Drug?

Paula Deen Diabetes Drug

Posted: 01/19/2012 1:12 pm

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Mother Jones:

Deen's favored Big Pharma diabetes product might be as questionable as the meat she promotes. The FDA approved Victoza in January 2010, but it did so amid strong evidence of a link to thyroid cancer.

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Jesse EngAmer
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09:55 PM on 01/19/2012
With the FDA's track record of approving "dubious drugs" a more surprising article was if she were taking a perfectly safe drug. Recall after recall after recall...http://eng.am/uPoD3T
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Lovenhugs
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02:25 PM on 01/19/2012
Last time she was on Dr. Oz she admitted to smoking and trying to give it up. Isn't smoking and diabetes a dangerous combination?
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Lovenhugs
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02:22 PM on 01/19/2012
What really gets me is Dr. Drew was protesting on his show that we should respect her privacy. Uh.....Dr. Drew SHE was the one that came out publicly about her disease and I suspect only to hawk the new drug.

I would agree with him if she hadn't come out publicly, but it's like celebrities want to be famous then complain people take pictures of them and want autographs. Can't have it both ways.

Just my opinion.
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Demarcus Jackson
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05:59 PM on 01/19/2012
I fully agree.

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fatcatjrg
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02:16 PM on 01/19/2012
Thyroid cancer? Methinks Paula already has thyroid issues. Well that, plus the dozen eggs, a rasher of bacon and loaf of toast she eats every day. And that's just brekky.
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larrykat
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01:33 PM on 01/19/2012
What a despicable, low-down money grubber. And those ridiculous fake white choppers she has are also worth some demerit points.
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