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 BY THIS MEDICINE. MY ADVICE IS TOO STAY AWAY FROM ACTOS.

I was on actos and yes I did gain weight. I got my doctor change my meds to metoformin and 2 mg of amaryl. Wich I take half in am and other half in pm because if I take it all 2mg it bottoms my sugar out. Hope this helps.

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 after we stopped taking actos

YOU DO HAVE A CHOICE , TELL YOUR DOCTOR NO , YOU WANT SOMETHING ELSE

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 everyday. So I can say that the byetta isn't counteracting the weight gain. I'm just not gaining weight, nor have I had any other side affects from actos.

If you have an option to take something else, then do so. I was on Actos for a month and I gained 15 pounds. Not easy to take it off now. Don't take it if you can take something else. Good luck!

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 Metformin. And if she isn't an endocrinologist go to one. Its the best thing I ever did.

metformin is good if you don't get the side effects from it works for alot of people. I had severe vomiting from it , but I still say try it.

I was put on actos and had severe swelling in my legs , ankles and feet. There is a warning that is can cause congestive heart failure ,due to the excess fluid. I was swellingso bad it hurt to walk. It was a week end andi called my pharmacist because i needed a refill and told him about my problems. He said I can not tell you not to take it,but if it were "me" Iwould not. After i stopped taking actos, in about 4-5 days my swelling had gone djown tremendoulsy. So I will never take it again. Avandia worked great for me as far as keeping my levels even and no side effect noticiable, but they took me off of that too because of the "heart" attack scare. So im back on metformin, couldn't take it because of the stomach upset,but if i eat something before i take it , it does ok. Good luck. sorryto write so much

I took myself off it several months ago due to the warnings I started seeing come about it. I am doing fine with out it.

I will not take Actos due to the warning that it can cause heart failure. That alone is enough good reason not to take it.

I do take glyburide and ramipril daily. I find those help and I am making a more conscience effort to control my type 2 diabetes.

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Linda :)

I too gained weight and it was AWFUL ... so I told the DOCTOR what was going on and told him I wanted off of it and he did so I am glad to be off it and also ... it made my sugar reading to LOW !!