ACTOS Reviews (PIOGLITAZONE HYDROCHLORIDE)Average Rating: 1.7 (361 Ratings)Filter ResultsCompare ACTOS with similar:
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| 1 | diabetes | Back pain, leg pain, ankle pain. Weight gain. Shortness of breath. Stomach problems. Nightmares. Could hardly walk. Frequent trips to the bathroom. Felt like death warmed over. No energy what-so-ever. | Let's make this simple, this drug will kill you eventually. It almost killed me. I saw an add on t.v. from an attorney who was saying that this drug caused heart attacks so I immediately stopped the drug. In just three days I felt like a new person. This drug took away three years of my life and I am pissed. What we all need to do is file a class action law suit. We could run witnesses through a court room like pop corn popping. I am now looking for an attorney. Take three good years out of my life and see what I do for you. | M | 65 | 4 years 30 mg 1X day | 2/9/2011 | 1 | type 2 | Heart paplations, shortness of breath, severe weight gain, swollen feet,ankles, my entire body felt heavy | This is the worse I ever felt since first dignosed with type 2. I have been off of actos for 1 1/2 weeks still not feeling like myslef but I am feeling better still very swollen. I will never take it again!!!! | F | 40 | 4 months 45 1X day | 2/4/2011 | 1 | Diabetes II | I had several side effects but my main concern was FLUID RETENTION. | It wasn't until my ankles started swelling that I had to do something different. It has been almost a week since I got off the drug and I am drinking 80 oz of water and urinating between 130 and 150 oz. I know I have lost a lot of weight but I don't want to step on the scales until the urinating gets down to at least 80 oz. What I couldn't understand was why I was gaining weight and eating very good. I had originally had been on Avandia but about 2 years ago the doctor put me on 45MG Actos. About 6 months ago he reduced it to 1/2 of 45MG. My last blood work showed that I was Anemic and my blood pressure which had been great was out of control. It wasn't until I developed swelling in the ankles that my doctor became concerned. He had me take an Ultrasound on the legs which turned out fine. There is absolutely no doubt that Actos was the cause and I really think this drug was KILLING ME. | M | 65 | 2 years 1/2 of 45 1X day | 2/2/2011 | 1 | yes | excessive weight gain 40+ lbs, severe pain in joints,nausea, feel like I'm 100 yrs old, sinus/ear pain,lightheadness, hunger | my bld sugars have ran normal, AIC 5.0, all normal and doctor said I have metabolic syndrome. I am stopping the actos I want to feel better and be able to move and exercise. Never understood why to start on the meds. but I'm finding sugars are getting to low. | F | 54 | 18 months 45mg 1X day | 2/1/2011 | 1 | diabetes 2 | Swelling, fatigue,weight gain,hunger,urgent need to urinate,pain, pain and more pain. I am 46 and felt 90. I could barley climb my stairs. When I would roll over in bed at night I would wake up because it hurt so bad. I just hurt all over, legs, back, arms the back of my neck. Each morning my eyes would run like crazy. | Just stopped taking it 3 days ago. I am already feeling more awake than I have in month, most of my pain in gone,It is past 2pm and I don't feel like I need to sleep. I no longer feel like I will wet myself before I can get to the bathroom, my appetite is way more normal and I have no swelling in my legs or feet. I feel as if I have been raised from the dead. | F | 46 | 8 months 30 mg 1X day | 1/25/2011 | 1 | Diabetes Type 2 | 35 pound weight gain, anemia, leg and foot cramps, extreme hunger - went off of this drug 2 weeks ago and I am already losing weight, cramps are gone, hunger is back to normal. | F | 58 | 3 years 30 MG 1X day | 1/24/2011 | 1 | type 2 diabetes | High blood pressure,blurred vision,chest pain followed by a heart attack after taking actos for one year. | Having a heart attack at 47 years of age, I would not recommend this drug. | M | 48 | 2 years 15mg 1X day | 1/19/2011 | 1 | Diabetes | Weight gain cramping and sore muscles. Anxiety | Do not...Please do not take this drug...Find another way to lower your sugars. | M | 64 | 2 years 30 mg 1X day | 1/12/2011 | 2 | type 2 diabetes | Severe leg cramps, chronic fatigue, not sleeping well, pain in feet, some ankle swelling, sore muscles all over the body and lots of weight gain... | Have an appt soon to see my dr and get off this medication.. | F | 68 | 10 years 30mg 1X day | 1/7/2011 | 1 | Type 2 Diabetes | Anemia, now severe, Dr swears it isn't the Actos, wants all sorts of test to find internal bleeding but NO OTHER SYMPTOMS but the blood tests, never had this problem before taking Actos, now afraid not to have additional costly tests. | Drs. aren't God, how can they swear isn't side effect when several people have experienced the same thing | M | 62 | 5 months 1X day | 1/2/2011 | 1 | last med to try before shots | at first i loved it. it got my suger down when nothing else worked. but, you have to be VERY careful of suger going too low. and i gained 35 lbs. in 1 year. very stressful. i had finally got below 200 lbs. and now i want to just accept i'm fat forever. and i know my body. i gained and didn't change my eating habits. will stop this drug today after reading thesecomments. | F | 54 | 1 years 15 1X day | 12/30/2010 | 1 | Regulate blood sugar/diabetis | Wght gain - 50 lbs | I wrote in this column 3 years ago, and since that time I've had heart by-pass surgery. I can't help but wonder if Actos caused this? No proof. (yet) SInce the surgery the diabetis is not regulated. | F | 61 | 1 years 30 MG 1X day | 11/20/2010 | 1 | Diabetes Type 2 | Weight gain, killer headaches, very blurry vision after fourth day of taking it. Put up with that for a few days before it got better. Dizzyness, tingling in my foot and hands. | Going to talk to my DR about an alternative, this medicine makes me feel bad, I'm dieting and walking and still gaining weight on it. Pants and shoes don't fit. I'm not taking it anymore...plus the cost is extreme. Side effects are not worth this. I have better control with excersise. | F | 42 | 3 weeks 30 1X day | 11/10/2010 | 1 | Poor blood sugar control | Pain in both feet (felt like Cramps). Right leg 1 feet up constant pain. Left knee pain and weakness caused back of the knee pain. 3 weeks after stopping ACTOS, all the pains went away except for the left knee. I stopped walking for 3 solid days, got a cortizone shot and I am going into Physical Therapy. | My doctor theorized that I had muscle spasms.The one at the left knee cause one component of my knee to be constantly pulled to one side causing irritation, back of the knee pain, and limitation in nee range of motion. The cortizone shot helped, but the knee problem is still there. | M | 58 | 7 days 30 1X day | 11/6/2010 | 2 | Reduce A1C | fluid retention, bloating | F | 66 | 5 months 1X day | 11/1/2010 | 1 | Liver damage | M | 58 | 1X day | 10/22/2010 | 1 | Type II Diabetes | Bloating, weight gain (30 llbs in 3 months!)ACNE (yuck!) | I took myself off this drug after I realized how much weight I've gained and that the puffiness in my face makes me look like a freak! Now my face is clear and I'm waiting to look human again. Sure, actos keeps your sugars low, but at what cost?!!! I'd rather become a vegan and get off all my meds! | F | 46 | 3 months 15 mg 1X day | 10/4/2010 | 1 | diabetes type 2 | pussy sores on my face, arms went numb all the time, gained 38 pounds, heart rate and blood pressure fluctuated greatly, ankles swelled badly, fatigue, headaches, nausea, dizzy spells. | It did bring my blood glucose levels down, but the side effects just are not worth it. I thought I was going to have a stroke, heart attack or something. | F | 47 | 6 weeks 15mg 1X day | 9/30/2010 | 5 | ACTOS has improved the quality of my life, not walking about in diabetic haze..only side effect has been a bit of impotence | my blood sugars are consistently high but actos has controlled the way my body uses its insulin in a better way, as a result im not going about in a diabetic daze now, i have been on the drug for about 60 days now and I feel fine, i have been on metformin for a long time and the doctor gave me actos when he took me off gliclazide. | M | 40 | 60 days 30 1X day | 9/21/2010 | 3 | type 2 diabetes | Itching at night and very stiff muscles. | it does not seem to keep my sugars low but it doesn'tg let them go to low,which is what was happening with other drugs. | M | 39 | 2 months 30 mg 1X day | 9/3/2010 |