Recent medical studies confirm that Actos can cause bladder cancer and other injuries. Actos (pioglitazone) is a Type 2 diabetes drug often prescribed as an alternative to Avandia. At one time it was believed that Actos was safer.
Actos lawsuits against Takeda Pharmaceuticals whoe manufactures the Actos drug, allege that patients who took Actos developed bladder cancer. Patients who have bladder cancer are urged stop using Actos, while the medication should be used with caution in patients who have a prior history of bladder cancer, the FDA warns.
- Bladder Cancer
- Heart Attack
- Congestive Heart Failure
- Heart Disease
- Rhabdomyolysis
- Kidney Damage
- Liver Damage
- Bone Fracture
Actos Side Effects
Actos, or pioglitazone hydrochloride, is a commonly prescribed anti-diabetic medication used in combination with dietary constraints to control adult onset diabetes (diabetes II). The drug, a single-molecule chemical cousin of Avantia, is popular with medical professionals, for it succeeds at regulating blood glucose and reducing insulin resistance far more effectively than other medications. In a nation suffering an epidemic increase in diabetes II cases, a reliable and effective support to help control the central symptoms of the illness is welcome.
Nonetheless, Actos is not without side effects. The drug has both common, low-impact side effects and more serious ones - so serious that studies have led France and Germany to remove the drug from the market entirely, forbidding doctors to prescribe the medication.
Among the milder and less sinister side effects are headache, respiratory and sinus infections, sore throat, muscle pain, tooth problems and water retention. These are common to many drugs, and are seldom debilitating, though on a patient by patient basis, it is possible to find a degree of variation in response among patients. Most experience few, if any side effects.
More about Actos
Actos is the trade name of pioglitazone, a drug used to treat type 2 diabetes which was developed and marketed by Takeda Pharmaceuticals North America Inc.Studies of Actos patients have established that Actos side effects in patients taking the drug for a prolonged period a year or more include an increased probability of developing malignant bladder tumors. Several nations have withdrawn pioglitazone from the market, out of concern for the cardiovascular risks and carcinogenic attributes. Response in the United States has been slower, but reflects the same concern over an Actos bladder cancer connection. In 2007 the FDA required Takeda to include a "black box" warning the highest level of warning on packaging and promotional material for the drug. Now, as of June 15, 2011, the FDA has chosen to issue a broader public warning regarding the dangers of extended Actos-use.
If you've taken Actos for your Type 2 diabetes and have experienced any of these Actos side effects as a result, you may want to consider an Actos lawsuit.
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