Product Details
PIOGLITAZONE 15 MG
Introduction : Pioglitazone 15mg tablet is used with proper diet and exercise to treat high blood sugar levels caused by type 2 diabetes. It may be used alone or with other medicines such as insulin, metformin, or sulfonylurea agents.
Pioglitazone 15mg tablet works by helping your body use insulin better. This medicine does not help patients who have insulin-dependent or type 1 diabetes.
This medicine is available only with your doctors prescription.
Indication : Pioglitazone 15mg tablet is a diabetes drug (thiazolidinedione-type, also called "glitazones") used along with a proper diet and exercise program to control high blood sugar in patients with type 2 diabetes. It works by helping to restore your bodys proper response to insulin, thereby lowering your blood sugar. Controlling high blood sugar helps prevent kidney damage, blindness, nerve problems, loss of limbs, and sexual function problems. Proper control of diabetes may also lessen your risk of a heart attack or stroke.
Administration : The dose of this medicine will be different for different patients. Follow your doctors orders or the directions on the label.
Storage : Store at room temperature away from moisture and heat.
Mechanism of Action : Pioglitazone hydrochloride, a thiazolidinedione antidiabetic agent and a potent peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor-gamma (PPAR(gamma)) agonist, is dependent on the presence of insulin for its mechanism of action. It increases insulin-dependent glucose disposal and decreases hepatic glucose output by decreasing insulin resistance in the periphery and in the liver
Therapeutic : Hypoglycemic
Side Effects : Side effects may include headaches, myalgia, pharyngitis, sinusitis, upper respiratory tract infections, edema, and weight increase
Contraindications : Avoid use of this drug during pregnancy and prescribe an alternative. Evidence has demonstrated fetal abnormalities or risks when used during pregnancy.
Evidence and/or expert consensus has demonstrated harmful infant effects when used during breastfeeding.
Safety Advice / Warnings : This medicine may increase the risk for bone fractures in women. Ask your doctor about ways to keep your bones strong to help prevent fractures.
References : Product Information: ACTOS oral tablets, pioglitazone oral tablets. Takeda Pharmaceuticals America, Inc. (per FDA), Deerfield, IL, 2016.
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