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Q: Is Actos, the medication for type II diabetes, dangerous to your health?
My Dr prescribed Actos for Type II diabetes two days ago. After doing a little research on my own I have learned that certain blood tests should be ordered prior to taking this prescription medication.
Needless to say, my Dr did not order prior blood work.
I am also learning about some negative side effects, possible death, that is really scaring me. Although, the medication has decreased the amount of sugar in my bloodstream, is it worth taking the risk of developing heart failure, weight gain, water retention, possibly liver problems and maybe death.
Does anyone here uses the medication?
A: Actos is like any drug on the market- it can be bad for SOME people (a tiny percentage) but is safe for the vast majority of those who use it. My PCP and Diabetes Educator have no problem prescribing it because the benefits far outweigh the risks.
Q: what is the medication actos used for?
A: diabetes
Q: has the oral diabetes medication, Actos, been banned?
A: No, it is deemed SAFE, they just had to add a line to the Black Box on the monographs included with the med.
It “may” cause edema, heart condition etc.
Q: My sugar seems to run about 160 in the morning after medication?
During the day is goes down and is often 110-125 in the evening. It is as though my body is making sugar as i sleep. I take 1avandia in the morning and two actos plus met during the day.
A: Your Body IS making sugars when you sleep!! That is my HIGH time I can run up to 500 in the middle of the night.
You need a good reading at the 2-3AM times by good readings I mean check your BSL4-6 times a week just to get a good reading and it will tell you your numbers so you can adjust your meds in the day time.
160 fasting BSL is not good, but it goes down after 2 hours?? you might want to check your meter too.
Good Luck.
Q: Has anyone had success using Byetta along with Actos?
I have been off and on oral medications for Type 2 diabetes…. I have just now gotten back into the groove and now I am currently on Actos and Byetta 5….(luckily with no digesttive problems!) Has anyone out there had any succes with this combination?
A: I’m on byetta 10 an metformin my BS is 80 to120 its working great for me.Also lost 15 lbs an still loosing
Q: Why is my glucose level higher in the morning and after i work out at the gym?
I have Type2 Diabetes and taking oral medication – Metformin, Actos and Lisinopril. i took a reading an hour after dinner 161 and then went to the gym, came home and tested again and it went up to 192. I thought it should go down? is there something wrong? I just took my second pill of metformin as presribed. any ideas? thanks.
A: Could it be that double latte’ that your having by Starbucks just before you get to the gym? Mebbe its that cold coffee drink you pick up at the Quik Trip?
Or….maybe I just don’t know but …..ask the doc he should be able to tell ya somethin’?
………think about it………cuz I’m not knowin
Q: Type 2 diabetes and weight gain with actos and insulin sensitizers . Why?
Please correct me of I’m wrong. Cause I’m confused. Thanks!
In non-diabetic people, if we eat lots of carbs and sugar, insulin feeds the glucose to cells, muscle and lastly the liver. When those stores are full, insulin stores the remaining glucose as fat. Now, when your cells become resistant to insulin and develop type 2 and your blood sugar builds up you need medication like Actos to open up the cells to allow the insulin to feed them with glucose. Ok, makes sense. But why the weight gain? If you eat to much junk of course you’ll release insulin and thats how people get fat. Actos does the same thing right? Why the heck am I gaining 5-7 pounds a month on Actos and I’m only slightly Insulin resistant not a type 2 yet. How does Actos force insulin to make you fat if non type 2’s get fat for the same reason?
A: You gain weight when using actos and insulin because you are eating too much!
Your understanding is basically correct: Insulin is used to allow sugar to pass FROM the blood into the cells, where it is used for fuel (NOT stored, as you indicated).
However, any EXCESS sugar canNOT be turned into fat without insulin. So, when you do not have enough insulin, the sugar doesn’t go into your cells (for fuel) but it ALSO doesn’t get stored as fat! it just stays in your blood — which is dangerous, and causes ALL of the diabetic side effects.
Now, when you start taking Actos and/or insulin, your body has better control of the sugar. Some of it is sent to the cells for fuel, but THE REST (excess sugar) can now be efficiently stored as fat — so you gain weight!
What you ALSO need to do is take STRICT control over your diet. you MUST reduce your caloric intake! you need just enough food to fuel up your cells, but not so much that there is any excess sugar to be stroed as fat. If you want to get rid of those extrar pound, then you MUST eat even less.
That is why dietary control is so very very important to a diabetic. you MUST eliminate sugars from your diet, AND you must reduce the number of calories you eat in order to prevent weight gain, which makes the diabetes worse.
by the way, there is NO SUCH THING as being “slight insulin resistant”. You ARE diabetic, and you need to start responding as such. it is like being “a little bit pregnant” — ain’t no such thang!
You ARE an Insulin Resistant Diabetic, and you MUST start to act as though you know you have a life threatening disease. If you continue to think that you are “not quite there yet”, you WILL damage you body beyond repair.
Ask your doctor to referr you to a Diabetic Trainer or Nutritionist who can help you plan healthy yet filling meals, and can also show you the foods that are worst for you (including potatoes, rice, and pastas!). Take you doctro’s advice seriously! if necessary, get a referral to an Endocrinologist, a specialist who knows more about diabetes than the average Primary Care Physician.
DO NOT continue to believe that you have “doged the bullet”. you ARE diabetic, and need to treat yourself as such.
Anything less could be fatal!
Q: Anyone out there experience weight gain from taking Actos for Diabetes?
Hubby has been taking this medication for the past better part of a year and he keeps gaining weight, expecially in midsection..more like a bloating..not like him at all. Will also ask family physician but appointment is a month off yet. A friend had same probem and was treated at John Hopkins and taken off Actos.
A: I gained about 10 pounds over a 4 month period on Actos. My docter switched me to Januvia and now Im losing weight. Actos made me feel bloated and sluggish, I couldnt take it and made my doctor switch me off it.
Q: Actos for diabetes – legs and hands are swollen, does anyone have this problem?
I have been on the medication for about 5 months and started to notice my upper thighs are gaining weight or feel swollen. My rings in the morning are too tight and small. After a few hours I can get my rings on. I have a doctors appt. coming up but wanted to know if anyone else has experienced this problem?
A: The “glitazone” diabetes drugs Actos and Avandia may double or triple the risk of broken bones after a year or two of use.
Over the course of the study, most of the patients took several diabetes drugs. But those who refilled their Actos or Avandia prescriptions eight times or more — about 12 to 18 months of use — had nearly twice the fracture risk of other patients.
And those who refilled their Actos or Avandia prescriptions 15 times or more — two or more years of treatment — nearly tripled their risk of fracture, found Christophe R. Meier, PhD, head of pharmacoepidemiology research at University Hospital Basel, Switzerland, and colleagues.
“We found a very strong signal here for higher risk of fractures in people taking glitazones,” Meier tells WebMD. “Our evidence fits together nicely with animal models and clinical reports suggesting that these drugs have a detrimental effect on bone. And we did not find any increased risk for other diabetes drugs, so all together, it looks like something really is going on here.”
Given that Avandia has also been linked to heart risks, Cauley suggests that patients should try older diabetes drugs before trying either Avandia or Actos.
The first thing you need to change is doctors. These 2 drugs are prescribed just for the profit, not for your welfare. Many older , cheaper drugs are the best for diabetes.
Tin
Q: Has anyone had a negative reaction to taking Relora?
If a person was on high blood pressure medication, Lisinopril, Hydrocorside, Actos, Insulin, Lopenzapam or Nurotin, would they have a reaction to taking Relora? Would they, within 30 minutes have shortness of breath, feel nauseated, and have their heart race? And would these effects last longer than 6 hours?
A: This is a good quastion
but i’m realy don’t konw
sorry
Q: Actos side affects for Diabetes Type 2?
This medication can cause congestive heart failure to worsen, but for how long? One week, two weeks? Anyone know what the general time frame would be?
A: Your question is unclear. It sounds like you’re asking if it eventually stops causing the condition to worsen. If that’s what you’re asking, it never ceases to exacerbate the condition. As long as you’re taking the drug, the risk is increased significantly.
“For the study, Winkelmayer’s team collected data on more than 28,000 diabetic patients aged 65 and older who were taking Avandia or Actos between 2000 and 2005. Among these patients, 50.3% took Actos and 49.7% took Avandia.
After a little more than a year on the medications, 1,869 patients died. The researchers found that patients taking Avandia had a 15% higher rate of death compared with patients taking Actos. In addition, Avandia patients had a 13% greater risk of heart failure than patients on Actos.”
Q: PLZ SHARE Anyone with diabetes that is taking Avandia or Actos fearful of the new black label warning?
The FDA has made the manufactures of Avantia and Actos and other medications for diabetes put black label warning on their pill containers. The warning is that they can cause heart attacks. The studies are not conclusive as yet but enough research data made the FDA take action. Anyone out there with diabetes fearful or going to take a different drug? The article I read stated the doctors are also in the dark about all this.
Check Ur the manufacturer of Avandia is GlaxoSmithKline PLC.
I’m unable to locate the manufacturer of Actos. When I do I’ll post it here.
Check Ur the manufacturer of Actos is Takeda Pharmaceuticals.
Here we go: The active ingredient in Avantia is rosiglitazone.
The active ingredient in Actos is Pioglitazone and it is a member of the family of medications known as thiazolidinediones.
A: can you please tell me what the drug name is of these pills? Each country has different brand names and I am in Australia and have no idea what meds you are referring to. sorry
Sun eclipse – I don’t want the manufacturer – I am after the actual NAME of the drug. ie Avandia is the TRADE name I need the active ingredient or drug name aka Generic name – it could be something like metformin hydrochloride or Rosiglitazone maleate or Pioglitazone hydrochloride or Gliclazide.
just to see if I can help you or not – as in am I familiar with the tablets. thanks heaps
Q: problems with actos?
my dr recently prescribed actos for my type 2 diabetes. she did liver tests before prescribing. can i still develop liver disease. has anyone had any problems with this medication
A: I’ve had some swelling and weight gain since I’ve been on it. But it really brought my sugars down alot. I went from a A1c of 10.8 to 6.2.
Q: What is up with my Period? Please see details!?
I take the birth control Ortho tri-cyclen (28 day pack) and have never missed takeing a pill. Normally my period starts the same day as the last set of blue pills (one week before the green pills (or two weeks before the end of the pack)) and ends when the pack ends. Well this month it started a week before it normally does and has lasted three weeks!!!! (I have been takeing the pills for over a year now.) Could this be an effect of my other medication Actos, or could this be a sign of something more serious? Please Help!
I have not taken a pregnancy test, but I really dont think I am pregnant. I use every precaution posssible to make sure that doesnt happen.
A: tell your doctor, you may want to try a monophasic pill. you really should not be bleeding until you are in the placebo pills unless you are missing pills or taking them late. you may get better control if you switch to a pill with constant hormone levels throughout the cycle, instead of one that changes every week or so. take a preg test just to be sure, there are failures
Q: Good morning, is there a substitute for Actos, I can afford pricewise ?
I am 67 years old, and just got signed back into Medicare and all of my medications are at a price I can’t afford to pay for them. I have been five days without my Actos 45mg because the price went from $35 to $67. What can I take that won’t affect my vision or make me feel sick. I work 3 days a week and can’t have a medication make me feel sick as it did when I first became a diabetic. Can you help me?
A: Thiazolidinediones, including ACTOS, cause or exacerbate congestive heart failure in some patients (see WARNINGS). After initiation of ACTOS, and after dose increases, observe patients carefully for signs and symptoms of heart failure (including excessive, rapid weight gain, dyspnea, and/or edema). If these signs and symptoms develop, the heart failure should be managed according to the current standards of care. Furthermore, discontinuation or dose reduction of ACTOS must be considered
The “glitazone” diabetes drugs Actos and Avandia may double or triple the risk of broken bones after a year or two of use.
The finding comes from Swiss researchers who analyzed 12 years of data on U.K. diabetes patients. They compared the 1,020 patients who suffered some kind of fracture to 3,728 matched patients who did not break any bones.
Over the course of the study, most of the patients took several diabetes drugs. But those who refilled their Actos or Avandia prescriptions eight times or more — about 12 to 18 months of use — had nearly twice the fracture risk of other patients.
Get off the Actos.
Try again the metformin. Take with meals. Most of the time the side effects disappear.
Tin
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