Actos and its Side Effects

Askapatient.com has a list of drugs and people's personal experiences using them. One such drug is actos and the comments don't seem to be very nice.

"Exhaustion, increase in neuropathy pain, marked vision deterioration, mouth sores (tongue, gums, lips, roof of the mouth); sore throat & swelling of throat creating difficulty swallowing; gland pain with nodular swelling/evidence under jaws, down the neck, under the arms; added antihistamines to try & reduce symptoms for 11 days; Stopped Actos for 5 days to check if symptoms went away (most did, few did not); then tried for 3 days again; symptoms began to return & stopped. After stopped, all of my previously mild food allergies went into extreme, rapid reactions – almost causing ER trip. Immediate triple dose of Benedryl began slow reversal of symptoms. Very frightening. Actos also caused immediate gain of 5 pounds within 3 days - lost when Actos stopped."

"Weight gain, 25 to 30 lbs in 3 months. Persistent cough, Fatigue, Glucose is in good range, but was nearly under control WITHOUT this drug. Now the risk from extra weight is more significant than having glucose 120 to 150 and liver damage, too."
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