pioglitazone concern

[camski]

hi guys new to the site but not to diabetes. this morning i was prescribed a drug called pioglitazone and reading the info leaflet i'm not exactly filled with confidence. can anyone tell me more about it?

 

[Mark T]

Welcome to the forums Camski 🙂

My favoured information source is the Blood Sugar 101 website - she doesn't seem to like this one much! You can see her thoughts on this link: http://www.phlaunt.com/diabetes/18554346.php

To be fair, I don't think she likes anything other then metformin and insulin 😉

 

[camski]

pioglitazone

thanks mark i appreciate your direction to 101. i'm on metformin sr and citagliptan at the moment and really don't want to hypo with another drug on the go. 😡

 

[Northerner]

Hi Camski, welcome to the Forum 🙂 No words of wisdom regarding the drug I'm afraid - what are the alternatives if you don't want to take the extra drug?

 

[camski]

hi northener thank you for your welcome. my next step is to be referred to hospital to get ready for injecting insulin. i'm not a big fan of needles so this is a concern for me. i spoke to my dr today on telephone appointment and he has eased my fears a little about pioglitazone but i still have my reservations 1-10 people out of every hundred have heart failure as a side effect and 1-10 people in every thousand develop bladder cancer so i think my concerns are well founded. it has also been withdrawn from use by the french german and united states governments so more cause for concern.