Actos Bladder Cancer Lawsuit Claims
Helping people who have suffered Actos and bladder cancer side effects after taking medications containing the drug pioglitazone and representing individuals diagnosed with cancer in filing an Actos bladder cancer lawsuit.
It has increasingly been reported that the drug pioglitazone (also referred to by the brand name Actos) which is prescribed to treat diabetes has been linked to an increased risk of developing bladder cancer in patients taking the medicine for longer than one year.
In June 2011 the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced that patients using the diabetes medicine Actos (generic name - pioglitazone) for longer than a year may be linked with an elevated risk for developing bladder cancer. There is currently no Actos recall.
Actos is the brand name of the drug pioglitazone and is manufactured by Takeda. It is prescribed to treat adults diagnosed with type 2 diabetes mellitus. For the first ten months in 2010, it is estimated 2.3 million people filled a prescription from a retail pharmacy for medication containing pioglitazone.
The FDA looked at data from a five year analysis that was based on an ongoing epidemiological study. This data formed the basis of the FDA’s safety information reported to the public regarding the link between Actos and bladder cancer. The FDA found that the longer patients took drugs containing pioglitazone, like Actos, the greater the risk of Actos causing bladder cancer. The same Actos and bladder cancer connection was also found in patients with the highest cumulative dose of the drug.
FDA recommendations for healthcare professionals include not using pioglitazone (Actos) in treating patients that have been diagnosed with bladder cancer that is active and using the drug with patients who have had bladder cancer in the past only after weighing the benefits of the medication against the chance that the cancer will reoccur.
Actos is available in several medication forms including:
• Actos (pioglitazone)
• Actoplus Met (pioglitazone/metformin)
• Actoplus Met XR (pioglitazone/metformin extended-release)
• Duetact (pioglitazone/glimepiride)
In June, 2011 the FDA approved Actos drug labeling changes that involved updated safety information regarding the higher Actos cancer risk for patients using the drug for longer than one year. In addition, the updated warning label included information warning that patients who have a history of bladder cancer or currently have bladder cancer should not be prescribed Actos.
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