When.com Web Search

  1. Ads

    related to: actos 45 mg tablets uses directions for adults

Search results

  1. Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
  2. Pioglitazone - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pioglitazone

    Pioglitazone is used to lower blood glucose levels in type 2 diabetes either alone or in combination with sulfonylurea, metformin, or insulin. [1] The effects of pioglitazone have been compared in a Cochrane systematic review to that of other blood sugar lowering-medicine, including metformin, acarbose, and repaglinide, as well as with appropriate diet and exercise, not showing any benefit in ...

  3. Pioglitazone/glimepiride - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pioglitazone/glimepiride

    Pioglitazone makes cells (fat, muscle and liver) more sensitive to insulin, which means that the body makes better use of the insulin it produces. [1] Glimepiride is a sulphonylurea: it stimulates the pancreas to produce more insulin. [ 1 ]

  4. Pioglitazone/metformin - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pioglitazone/metformin

    Pioglitazone/metformin should not be used in people with type 1 diabetes or for the treatment of diabetic ketoacidosis and should be used with caution in people with edema. Serum ALT levels should be evaluated prior to the initiation of therapy with combination of pioglitazone and metformin and periodically thereafter per the clinical judgment ...

  5. Thiazolidinedione - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thiazolidinedione

    Pioglitazone (Actos), France and Germany have suspended its sale after a study suggested the drug could raise the risk of bladder cancer. [8] Rosiglitazone (Avandia), which was put under selling restrictions in the US and withdrawn from the market in Europe due to some studies suggesting an increased risk of cardiovascular events. Upon re ...

  6. Diabetes medication - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diabetes_medication

    A combined result of 5 RCTs enlisting a total of 279 patients aged 65 or older (mean baseline HbA1c of 8%) receiving 5 mg/d of saxagliptin was shown to reduce HbA1c by 0.73%. [45] A combined result of 5 RCTs enlisting a total of 238 patients aged 65 or older (mean baseline HbA1c of 8.6%) receiving 100 mg/d of vildagliptin was shown to reduce ...

  7. Rosiglitazone - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosiglitazone

    The information was based on data from the ADOPT trial [40] The same increase has been found with pioglitazone (Actos), another thiazolidinedione. A meta-analysis of 10 RCTs, involving 13,715 patients and including both rosiglitazone- and pioglitazone-treated patients, showed an overall 45% increased risk of fracture with thiazolidone use ...

  8. Troglitazone - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Troglitazone

    Troglitazone is an antidiabetic and anti-inflammatory drug, and a member of the drug class of the thiazolidinediones. It was prescribed for people with diabetes mellitus type 2. [1] It was patented in 1983 and approved for medical use in 1997. [2] It was subsequently withdrawn.

  9. Aminoglutethimide - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aminoglutethimide

    It can be used at a dosage of up to 500 mg four times per day (2,000 mg/day). [ 1 ] [ 8 ] It is used as an aromatase inhibitor to inhibit peripheral estrogen production by mouth at a dosage of 125 mg twice per day (250 mg/day total), without significant suppression of adrenal steroidogenesis at this dosage. [ 17 ]

  1. Ad

    related to: actos 45 mg tablets uses directions for adults