October 22, 2013 - A Georgia man taking
Actos diabetes medication for more than a year has filed a lawsuit against Takeda after developing bladder cancer, alleging the drug caused the disease to develop.
Not exact matches
Some
medications used for
diabetes include glimepiride (Amaryl), glyburide (DiaBeta, Glynase PresTab, Micronase), insulin, pioglitazone (
Actos), rosiglitazone (Avandia), chlorpropamide (Diabinese), glipizide (Glucotrol), tolbutamide (Orinase), and others.
Bladder Cancer is A Serious Side Effect for Many Taking
Diabetes Drug
Actos, Drug Injury Lawyers Blog, November 13, 2012 Whether generic or brand,
medications that are dangerous, defective in design, improperly marketed, or come with poor instructions and inadequate warnings can cause serious injuries and even death to consumers.
Our drug injury attorneys work to protect the rights of patients harmed by dangerous drugs like
Actos (pioglitazone), a Type 2
diabetes medication that poses serious health risks.
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Although
Actos has been available to
diabetes users in the US for a number of years, it was just last year that the Food and Drug Administration put out a Drug Safety Communication giving notification that the
medication's label had been revised to include a warning that use of the drug for over a year dramatically increases the chances that the patient might develop bladder cancer.
One of the reasons for this is that we represent
diabetes patients (and their families) that have developed bladder cancer after taking the
medication Actos.