Pioglitazone : Before Using

Pioglitazone - Systemic

Brand Names

Actos Pioglitazone *** Before Using *** How to Use *** Fore Safe Use *** Side Effects

Before Using

In deciding to use a drug, the chance of taking the drug must be weighed against the good it will do. This is a decision you will make. For pioglitazone, the following must be considered

Allergic reaction

Tell your family doctor if you have any unusual or allergy to pioglitazone. Also tell your health care professional if you are allergic to any other substances, such as foods, preservatives, or dyes.

Pregnancy care

Pioglitazone has not been studied in pregnant women. However, it is easier during pregnancy to control your blood sugar by using injections of insulin, rather than by taking pioglitazone. Close control of your blood sugar can reduce the risk of your baby gaining too much weight, having birth defects, or having high blood sugar before birth. Pioglitazone must be using during pregnancy only if the potential benefit outweighs the potential risk. Be sure to tell your family doctor if you plan to become pregnant or you think you are pregnant.

Breast-feeding problem

It is not known whether pioglitazone passes into the breast milk of humans. However, pioglitazone is not recommended during breast-feeding.

Use for Children

Studies on this drug have been done only in adult diseaseds and there is no special info comparing use of pioglitazone in child with use in other age groups.

Elderly care

This drug has been tested in a limited number of diseaseds 65 years of age or older and has not been shown to cause various side effects or problems in elderly people than it does in adults people.

Drug interactions

Although certain medication must not be using together at all, in other cases two various medication may be using together even if an interaction might occur. In these cases, your family doctor may want to change the dose, or other precautions may be necessary. When you are taking pioglitazone, it is especially important that your health care professional know if you are taking the following:

Ketoconazole Use of this drug with pioglitazone may decrease the effect of pioglitazone

Other Information for using

The presence of other medical problems may effect the use of pioglitazone. Make sure you tell your family doctor if you have any other medical problems, especially

Diabetic ketoacidosis - ketones in the blood
Type 1 diabetes Insulin is needed to control these conditions

Heart disease
Liver disease Pioglitazone may make these conditions worse

Problems with fluid retention or swelling may make these conditions worse

Hypersensitivity to pioglitazone or any ingredients in pioglitazone.