ACTOS is a once-a-day prescription medication for type 2 diabetes that, along with healthy eating and physical activity, helps your body control blood sugar (glucose) levels.
ACTOS makes the cells in your body more sensitive to insulin, a hormone produced by the pancreas that allows the cells in your body to use blood sugar for energy.
When the cells are more sensitive to insulin, the sugar that’s in your blood can pass more easily into the cells of your body where it’s really needed. So instead of remaining in the blood, where sugar can build up to dangerous levels, it passes into the cells and your blood sugar levels go down.
ACTOS can be used by itself or in combination with certain other diabetes medications (sulfonylureas, metformin, or insulin) when your necessary efforts at healthy eating and physical activity do not control your blood sugar levels.
ACTOS is a member of the type of oral diabetes medications called thiazolidinediones (THIGH-ah-ZO-li-deen-DYE-owns; TZDs). These medications help reduce insulin resistance, which is one of the major problems in type 2 diabetes. Some of the benefits of therapy with ACTOS are:
With diet and exercise, lowers blood sugar by helping your body use its own insulin more effectively.
Convenient, once-a-day pill can be taken anytime.
Can be taken with or without food.
While not intended to treat lipid disorders, ACTOS may improve HDL (good) cholesterol and triglycerides.
Has not been associated with stomach upset when used alone.
Can be used alone or in combination with certain other diabetes medicines such as sulfonylureas, metformin, or insulin. Taken alone, ACTOS does not cause hypoglycemia (low blood sugar levels). However, if you take ACTOS with insulin or sulfonylureas, you may be at increased risk for hypoglycemia. Talk to your health professional about the signs and symptoms of hypoglycemia.
ACTOS is available in three different dose levels so you and your health professional have more treatment options to consider.
ACTOS is also available in convenient combination tablets:
ACTOplus met combines ACTOS and metformin in one tablet.
Duetact combines ACTOS and glimepiride in one tablet.
ACTOS can often begin working right away, although it may take several weeks to see the full effect.
Actos is used to improve the action of the body’s naturally produced insulin. Actos is used in the management of type 2 diabetes not controlled by a diet. Actos helps to control the level of glucose in your blood when you have type 2 diabetes. This is the ‘adult onset’ type of diabetes and is controlled by diet, certain oral medications and occasionally insulin.
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ACTOS is a once-a-day prescription medication for type 2 diabetes that, along with healthy eating and physical activity, helps your body control blood sugar (glucose) levels.
ACTOS makes the cells in your body more sensitive to insulin, a hormone produced by the pancreas that allows the cells in your body to use blood sugar for energy.
When the cells are more sensitive to insulin, the sugar that’s in your blood can pass more easily into the cells of your body where it’s really needed. So instead of remaining in the blood, where sugar can build up to dangerous levels, it passes into the cells and your blood sugar levels go down.
ACTOS can be used by itself or in combination with certain other diabetes medications (sulfonylureas, metformin, or insulin) when your necessary efforts at healthy eating and physical activity do not control your blood sugar levels.
ACTOS is a member of the type of oral diabetes medications called thiazolidinediones (THIGH-ah-ZO-li-deen-DYE-owns; TZDs). These medications help reduce insulin resistance, which is one of the major problems in type 2 diabetes. Some of the benefits of therapy with ACTOS are:
With diet and exercise, lowers blood sugar by helping your body use its own insulin more effectively.
Convenient, once-a-day pill can be taken anytime.
Can be taken with or without food.
While not intended to treat lipid disorders, ACTOS may improve HDL (good) cholesterol and triglycerides.
Has not been associated with stomach upset when used alone.
Can be used alone or in combination with certain other diabetes medicines such as sulfonylureas, metformin, or insulin. Taken alone, ACTOS does not cause hypoglycemia (low blood sugar levels). However, if you take ACTOS with insulin or sulfonylureas, you may be at increased risk for hypoglycemia. Talk to your health professional about the signs and symptoms of hypoglycemia.
ACTOS is available in three different dose levels so you and your health professional have more treatment options to consider.
ACTOS is also available in convenient combination tablets:
ACTOplus met combines ACTOS and metformin in one tablet.
Duetact combines ACTOS and glimepiride in one tablet.
ACTOS can often begin working right away, although it may take several weeks to see the full effect.
Actos is used to improve the action of the body’s naturally produced insulin. Actos is used in the management of type 2 diabetes not controlled by a diet. Actos helps to control the level of glucose in your blood when you have type 2 diabetes. This is the ‘adult onset’ type of diabetes and is controlled by diet, certain oral medications and occasionally insulin.
Actos is used for lowering glucose levels. Used for diabetes.