Acto Medicine
Pronounced: (PYE-oh-GLI-ta-zone)
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From Our Experts
Avandia and Actos Both Get Black Box Warnings
The commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration yesterday informed a hearing of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform... Read more »
France and Germany Withdraw Use of Actos Because of Risk of Bladder...
The French equivalent of the FDA, the Agence Francaise De Securite Sanitaire Des Produits De Sante, or AFSSAPS, said this past week that it... Read more »
Diabetes and Fat Cells: Stem Cell Research, Avandia, Actos, and Carbs
Stem cells are undifferentiated cells that, given the proper signals, can differentiate into various types of specialized cells. Some stem... Read more »
Diabetes Drugs and Heart Failure: Actos and Avandia
It's not quite fall, yet already there are two more studies adding to the whole Avandia/Actos/heart risks debate that's been rising... Read more »
From Our Sources
New drug combines Actos and glimepiride
A new drug is available for those with Type 2 diabetes. Duetact is a tablet that combines two drugs--Actos and glimepiride--into one tablet. Actos... Read more »
Clinical trial: Effectiveness of SYR-322+Actos (pioglitazone H...
This is a study to determine the effectiveness of a combination of SYR-322 and pioglitazone HCI (Actos) as compared to pioglitazone HCI alone in... Read more »
Actos, Avandia Again Tied to Fracture Risk
A new study backs up previous research that indicates the diabetes drugs Actos and Avandia increase a woman's risk of bone fractures. Women who used... Read more »
Avandia raises heart failure risk more than Actos
Canadian researchers say that the Type 2 diabetes drug Avandia raises heart risks more than the drug Actos. Avandia has been linked to heart risks... Read more »
Price check: Actos
A comparison of current prices for Actos via online U.S. drug distributors. Read more »
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