Actos is a prescription medication used to treat type 2 diabetes. Actos belongs to a group of drugs called thiazolidinediones. It lowers blood sugar levels by increasing the body's response to insulin.
This medication comes in tablet form and is taken once a day, with or without food.
Common side effects include runny or stuffy nose, headaches, sinus infections.
WARNING: CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE
- Thiazolidinediones, including Actos tablets, cause or exacerbate congestive heart failure in some patients.
- After initiation of Actos tablets and after dose increases, monitor patients carefully for signs and symptoms of heart failure (e.g., excessive, rapid weight gain, dyspnea and/or edema). If heart failure develops, it should be managed according to current standards of care and discontinuation or dose reduction of Actos tablets must be considered.
- Actos tablets are not recommended in patients with symptomatic heart failure.
- Initiation of Actos tablets in patients with established New York Heart Association (NYHA) Class III or IV heart failure is contraindicated.
Review Date:
June 26, 2012
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