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Permalink Reply by Maxine Dubinsky on November 12, 2007 at 9:24am

I hope so, I can't eat.

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Permalink Reply by Maxine Dubinsky on November 12, 2007 at 9:22am

Hi,
My name is Max. I was wondering if you or anyone you know has a horrible taste in their mouth from Actos? I am waiting for my Dr. to call me back about this. I have been on it for about 6 weeks.

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Permalink Reply by odie on September 21, 2009 at 6:39pm

I hear that,I didn't like the HUGE orange waring label on top of my warings page of the new med...but I waited then tried it...
I have called my doc 3 timmes allready
i am exp heart pouding,heavier than normal braething and yes weight GAIN!!!!!

read it and talk to YOUR doctor

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Permalink Reply by Clee on September 23, 2009 at 8:27am

My doctor mentioned (just on last Friday at my endo appointment) that there were other options other than Glyburide that she could put me on after I asked about other meds to help with my blood glucose level. She mentioned Actos AND Advandia, both of which cause weight gain. I told her...that's okay....I'll stick wtih the Glyburide. I just don't need that type of problem added on top of working at keeping my levels within range. I exercise 5-6 days a week at my gym and I try to eat right. Liking veggies helps a lot....I LOVE THEM!!!! I'm doing okay right now, but for the past couple of mornings, my levels have been in the 180's. She told me (in a short version) to just eat enough protein because overnight the brain needs protein to send signals to the liver (I believe) to not produce extra glucose overnight. Some days I do fine, others, it's a real struggle to come to grips that I have this disease. I've been diabetic for 10 yrs (Type II) and it's always something new.

I told her that I feel really guilty for having diabetes and I'm wondering what I did wrong in my life to get it. I have always kept my weight within range by atteending aerobics classes and lifting weights, but after I had abdominal surgery (a hysterectomy) it just seemed as if I became a junky old car, losing all types of parts as I clunk down the street...lol....She told me that there is nothing I did wrong. Genetics play a big part as well as other factors. I must admit, diabetes run in my family (my maternal grandmother, 3 uncles and a cousin). I guess all of us have one vice or another.

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Permalink Reply by Sandra Nichole Smith on July 18, 2012 at 8:09am

Actos has been prescribed medication for Actos which has a link between bladder cancer and heart disease which is a very alarming. Though it has been announced that number of patients who seek for legal actions and pile up for actos lawsuit against the manufacturer as a result of the medicine but others were totally happy taking actos as their medication.

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