Actos
Actos is a diabetes medication containing Pioglitazone, available as 15/30mg tablets.
- Category
- Diabetes
- Active ingredient
- Pioglitazone
- Route
- Oral use
- Form
- Tablet
- Strengths
- 15/30mg
You will receive a quality generic equivalent, depending on stock.
Prescription rules on Actos vary by country.
Details
- Conditions
- Type 2 diabetes mellitus
- Therapeutic Class
- Thiazolidinedione
- Pharmacological Class
- Thiazolidinedione
- Minor Side Effects
- weight gain, headache, upper respiratory tract infection
- Moderate Side Effects
- peripheral oedema, visual disturbance, bone fractures
- Dosage Forms
- Tablet
- Administration Route
- Oral use
- Prescription Status
- Available without prescription
- Originator
- Takeda
- Onset Time
- 2–4 weeks
- Duration
- 24 hours
- Storage Instructions
- Store at room temperature in a dry place.
- Drug Interactions
- insulin, sulfonylureas
- Age Restrictions
- Not recommended for children and adolescents.
What you will receive
Actos is the originator brand name, made by Takeda. We use it here to identify the medicine only; we are not affiliated with Takeda and do not ship the original Actos.
- You receive a generic equivalent: the same active ingredient (Pioglitazone) at the same dose, mostly recognised Indian branded generics from vetted manufacturers.
- The exact brand supplied depends on what is in stock at the dispatching warehouse.
- A regulated generic matches the original ingredient for ingredient by legal standard.