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(also known as Thiazolidinedione, Pioglitazone)
Pioglitazone is used to treat a type of diabetes mellitus called type 2 diabetes. It may be used alone, with insulin, with metformin, or with another oral medicine called a sulfonylurea. Pioglitazone is to be used when diet and exercise do not result in good blood sugar control .
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Treatment Success Rate
| Top 5 Communities | ||
| Condition | Members | Success |
| Diabetes Type 2 | 269 |
78% |
| Polycystic Ovarian Synd... | 4 |
50% |
| Infertility | 3 |
33% |
| Diabetes Type 1 | 2 |
50% |
| Multiple Sclerosis (MS) | 1 |
100% |
Overall, 78% (285
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Still taking for 10 years at least.
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does help
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I'm on actos 45 right now...must be working
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I found an article from a hospital in Japan that said that the doctors their treated a woman with reactive hypoglycemia and her symptoms disappeared. That has been my experience with it as well for the most part.
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no side effects, been on it for over 5 yrs. Keeps you from having strokes.
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No side effects that I've noticed. Don't know it's working
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I take this drug in tandem with metformin and it seems to work fine.
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I gained a lot of weight. Drs. took me off
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worked until I needed to be on insulin.
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I was on Actos and I did gain weight and it didn't do anything for my blood sugar. Actos now has a Black Box warning on it. Talk to her about Metfor... [More] -
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I take actos, and haven't gained any weight. My doctor suggests adding byetta with actos, but to be honest I have yet to really grasp the shot everyda... [More] -
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MY wife and I both had severe joint pains from actos, we know it was actos cause the pains didn't start until we took actos n they stopped not long af... [More] -
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IF YOU HAVE A CHOICE DON'T TAKE IT. I AM CURRENTLY ON ACTOS AND AM HAVEING LIVER INFLAMATION AND ALSO HAVE A TON OF PAIN IN THE JOINTS THAT IS CAUSED... [More] -
Actos- To take it or not to take it???
Here aer some good sites to look over: http://www.healthline.com/multumcontent/pioglitazone?utm_medium=ask&utm_source=smart&utm_campaign=ar... [More]
