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Bladder Cancer is A Serious Side Effect for Many Taking Diabetes Drug Actos, Drug Injury Lawyers Blog, November 13, 2012 Continue reading

European Medicines Agency will decide whether the diabetes drug Actos should remain on the market

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.

As you may know, the diabetes drug Actos, ActoPlus Met, ActoPlus Met XR, or Duetact have been linked to bladder cancer and other serious side effects.

Not exact matches

Two days later, the FDA, which had already been assessing the health risks of Avandia, imposed its toughest warning label, the «black box,» on the drug, as well as on Actos, another drug used to treat diabetes.

In their recent study, the UCSF team reports the discovery that a class of commonly prescribed Type - 2 diabetes drugs, called TZDs (thiazolidinediones, such as Actos and Avandia), promoted the conversion of white fat cells into brown (in mice and culture dishes) by stabilizing the PRDM16 protein.

And while Actos or its generic version both help to stabilize blood sugar, so do other diabetes drugs, according to Dr. Jardini.

For instance, one of the newer drugs to treat diabetes is Actos, which costs about $ 1,000 for a 90 - day treatment of the lowest starting dose (15 mg).

FDA approves first generic Actos to treat type 2 diabetes, US Food and Drug Administration, August 17, 2012

Meantime, more people are coming forward to file their Actos lawsuits against drug maker Takeda Pharmaceuticals, its subsidiaries, and Eli Lilly, which has been active in marketing the diabetes drug in the US.

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.

Actos» manufacturer, Takeda Pharmaceuticals, continues to dodge concerns about their drug, citing the benefits of Actos for patients who suffer from Type 2 diabetes as a reason why Actos should remain available.

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.

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Symptoms of Bladder Cancer: • Blood in the urine • Straining or pain during urination • Urinating often • Incontinence • Fatigue • Bone tenderness • Pain • Weight loss FDA Drug Safety Communication: Update to ongoing safety review of Actos (pioglitazone) and increased risk of bladder cancer, FDA, June 15, 2011 The use of pioglitazone and the risk of bladder cancer in people with type 2 diabetes: nested case - control study, British Medical Journal, May 31, 2012

They also found that Actos users with type II diabetes that were taking the drug for the first time had an 83 % greater risk of developing bladder cancer than other patients.

Actos Lawsuits Allow Diabetes Patients to Pursue Dangerous Drug Compensation from Takeda Pharmaceuticals America, Inc., Drug Injury Lawyers Blog, August 1, 2012

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 canDrug 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 canDrug 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 candrug for over a year dramatically increases the chances that the patient might develop bladder cancer.

More Blog Posts: Actos Lawsuits Allow Diabetes Patients to Pursue Dangerous Drug Compensation from Takeda Pharmaceuticals America, Inc., Drug Injury Lawyers Blog, August 1, 2012

Already, numerous plaintiffs have filed Actos injury lawsuits suing Takeda Pharmaceuticals because they believe the diabetes drug caused their bladder cancer.