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Actos (pye-oh-GLI-ta-zone) is used to treat a certain type of diabetes mellitus (sugar diabetes) called type 2 diabetes. It may be used alone, with insulin, or with metformin or another type of oral diabetes medicine called a sulfonylurea. Actos is to be used when diet and exercise plus another diabetes medicine do not result in good blood sugar control. Actos is available only with your doctor's prescription, in the following dosage form: Oral Tablets (U.S. and Canada)
Actos is used, alone or in combination with other medications, to treat type 2 diabetes in people whose diabetes cannot be controlled by diet and exercise alone. Actos is in a class of drugs called thiazolidinediones. It works by increasing your body's sensitivity to insulin, a substance your body produces to help control blood sugar levels. Actos comes as a tablet to take by mouth. It is usually taken once daily with or without meals. Follow the directions on your prescription label carefully, and ask your doctor or pharmacist to explain any part you do not understand. Take Actos exactly as directed. Do not take more or less of it or take it more often than prescribed by your doctor. Actos controls type 2 diabetes but does not cure it. Continue to take Actos even if you feel well. Do not stop taking Actos without talking to your doctor. Brand names: - Actos - Pioglitazone |