BBC Panorama has been able to find that a drug, which used to be prescribed to Type 2 diabetes sufferers, is still being prescribed regardless of it having been withdrawn almost two months back.

The drug, Avandia, has been connected with an instance of elevated risk of heart attacks and heart failure and is going through a review all through the European region.

A squad of specialists belonging to the UK Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency stated that the usage of the drug must be suspended. However, the NHS is providing with the drug even after the suspension.

Maker GlaxoSmithKline informed that the use of the drug was safe, provided the monitoring is done properly.

People in tens of thousands take Avandia, which is as well recognized as Rosiglitazone. It had been offered as a prescriptive drug for over one million times in the United Kingdom in the previous year.

GSK, Pharma giant said that the evaluation on the drug in its program confirmed that the drug use was safe and efficient if prescribed in the best way.

The drug is used in order to improve the lives of people suffering from type 2 diabetes, where it regulates blood sugar level in the body system.