Actos Can Cause Considerable Problems Never Wait Until Its Too Late
is a drug of the thiazolidinedione category which is fairly recent. It's used on it's own or in combination with other drugs including insulin for the treatment of type 2 diabetes. The medicine reduces blood glucose levels and increases the body's level of sensitivity to insulin. The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved Actos in 1999.
Type-2 diabetes presently impacts almost twenty million individuals in the nation. It is a disease that involves high blood glucose levels due to the body's inability to correctly use insulin. If the condition is left untreated, it can lead to loss of sight, kidney problems, and cardiovascular disease, and bladder cancer.
Soon after the authorization of Actos, another thiazolidinedione called Rezulin, was taken down from the shelves because several studies came out about people that developed deadly liver disease after taking the drug.
Actos Issues For You and Your Family members
Additional instances came forward after individuals took Actos or Avandia and developed congestive heart failure which pushed the American Diabetes Association(ADA) and the American Heart Association to issue an alert for diabetes sufferers taking Actos given that they were at an increased risk of getting heart disease and bladder cancer.
The FDA recently issued a new warning according to its look at details from a continuous clinical trial which showed Actos increased the risk of patients developing bladder cancer after taking the medicine for more than a year. Consequently, the FDA required the suppliers of Actos to release and now include a black box warning (highest and strongest label change) concerning the severe risks linked to use of the drug.
Presently, the FDA is still looking at trials to decide whether more actions, such as a recall, is needed. There are several unwanted effects related to Actos. You should find medical treatment if you experience:
• shortness of breath or trouble breathing • chest pain • extreme tiredness • infrequent heart beat • dilated neck veins • swelling of face, fingers, toes, or calves • decreased urine production • an increase in weight
Currently, the FDA is informing doctors not to use Actos in individuals that have bladder cancer. Patients ought to talk to their physician concerning all problems they might have.
The FDA says diabetes patients should also inform their doctor if they're having symptoms of bladder cancer like
• Blood in the Urine • Pain While Urinating • Frequent Urination • Sense of Having to Urinate With no Results
Contact the Strom Law Firm, LLC Today for Your Actos Case
The Strom Law Firm is currently taking product liability and also personal injury cases regarding the diabetes medicine Actos and its association to bladder cancer. Call us now to schedule a free assessment. 803.252.4800
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