Salt – Pioglitazone

Genric Name- Pioglitazone

Drug Class- Thiazolidindione (PPARy Activator)

Indication- Type 2 Diabetes Treatment

Dosage- 15Mg -45Mg OD

Pioglitazone is an oral anti diabetic drug that rdecreses the glucose level in the blood. Pioglitazone is used in the treatment of type 2 diabetes alone or combination with other oral anti diabetic medicines

Side effects of pioglitazone include

• ABDOMINAL PAIN
• AGGRAVATED DIABETES
• BLOOD IN URINE
• BLURRED VISION
• CLAY COLORED STOOLS
• COLD SYMPTOMS
• DARK URINE
• DIABETIC SWELLING IN THE EYE (MACULAR EDEMA)
• HEADACHE
• HEART FAILURE
• INCREASED TRANSAMINASES (AMINO ACIDS)
• ITCHING
• JAUNDICE
• LIVER FAILURE
• LOSS OF APPETITE
• LOW BLOOD SUGAR (HYPOGLYCEMIA)
• MALAISE
• MUSCLE PAIN , BACK PAIN
• SHORTNESS OF BREATH
• SORE THROAT (PHARYNGITIS)
• SWELLING (EDEMA), WHEN USED IN COMBINATION WITH SULFONYLUREA OR INSULIN
• TOOTH PROBLEMS
• WEIGHT GAIN