Actos is a medication produced by the pharmaceutical company Takeda designed to treat Type 2 diabetes. Actos (pioglitazone) was previously the best-selling Type 2 diabetes drug in the world but has since come under scrutiny following several scientific studies which revealed that patients on Actos ...
Drug Interactions Warnings & Precautions Overdose & Contraindications Clinical Pharmacology Medication Guide WARNING CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE Thiazolidinediones, including ACTOS, cause or exacerbate congestive heartfailure in some patients [see WARNINGS AND PRECAUTIONS]. After initiation of ACTOS, and after dose...
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drug's risks, when contemplating whether the medication should or should not be included as an element of the patient's overall care plan. Those who have developed bladder cancer after long-term use of the drug were not given the chance to make an educated decision about this particular risk...
Considerations were relative utilization profile, comparative efficacy, indications, relative cost, and safety profile of the two available medications in this drug class. RESULTS: On the basis of all of these factors, a hospital-wide switch of all rosiglitazone prescriptions to all pioglitazone was ...
ACTOS BLADDER CANCER PROBLEMS Actos(pioglitazone) is a medication manufactured and sold by Takeda Pharmaceuticals for treatment of Type 2 diabetes. The drug is part of the same class of medications as Avandia (rosiglitazone), which has been linked to an increased risk of heart problems. As a re...
The article discusses a rapid-response print advertisement released by Takeda Pharmaceutical Co., the makers of the drug Actos, in an attempt to distance their diabetes medication from the competing diabetes drug Avandia. The ads appeared in mainstream publications after the Food and Drug Administratio...
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