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View Post: Current Research into a Cure for Type-1 Diabetes: Wilson's ...
20 Oct 2009 by Joshua Levy  
Pioglitazone has been approved for use in type-2 diabetes for about 10 years. Pioglitazone is part of a larger drug family called thiazolidinediones which have been shown to preserve beta cells in animals with type-1 diabetes, ...
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View Post: Pioglitazone Stimulates Apolipoprotein A-I Production Without ...
17 Oct 2007 by Qin, S., Liu, T., Kamanna, VS, Kashyap, ML  
Objective— Pioglitazone, an antihyperglycemic drug, increases plasma high-density lipoprotein (HDL)-cholesterol in patients with type 2 diabetes. The mechanisms by which pioglitazone regulate HDL levels are not clear. ...
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View Post: November is American Diabetes Month! – Institute for Women's ...
2 Nov 2009 by Michelle Desjardins  
Recently he published a study in Obesity examining various lifestyle interventions for prevention of weight gain in type II diabetic patients taking the common diabetes medication pioglitazone (Actos®). The study showed that the weight ...
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View Post: Actos – Side Effects, Problems « Health and Life
14 Sep 2009 by admin  
Pioglitazone, or Actos, is a very popular treatment for Type 2 Diabetes, with prescriptions counting for about 20-25% of total. It works on peroxisome proliferator activated receptor-gamma receptors to improve sensitivity to insulin in ...
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View Post: Nonalcoholic Steatohepatitis Clinical Trial: University of Texas ...
12 Oct 2009
After all patients receive dietary counseling at the research unit (CTSA), patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) and NASH will be started on pioglitazone (or placebo) in a randomized, double-blind,placebo-controlled study design ...
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View Post: Thiazolidinediones have a role for appropriate patients
7 Nov 2009
Due to novel mechanisms of PPAR-gamma agonists, I support using pioglitazone as monotherapy or if needed may be combined with metformin as starting medications for type 2 diabetes to avoid hypoglycemia. Contraindication should be only ...
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View Post: Comparable HbA1c reduction seen with INT-131 and pioglitazone in ...
6 Oct 2009
The results of a phase IIb study showed similar efficacy but superior safety with INT-131 compared to pioglitazone hydrochloride (Takeda, Novo Nordisk, Lilly) in patients with type 2 diabetes. The study enrolled 366 patients who were ...
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View Post: Pioglitazone, a diabetes drug, may be beneficial for MS patients ...
29 Jul 2009 by sofija  
Pioglitazone, a diabetes drug, may be beneficial for MS patients. July 29, 2009. Yet more links between diabetes drugs and MS, as I mentioned in some of my previous posts. The amount of people tested was little but still… this drug ...
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