Consumer Information for: PMS-PIOGLITAZONE
Consumer Information
Information about the product including what the product is used for, dosage, warnings, proper use and side effects. This summary will not tell you everything about the product. Contact your healthcare professional if you have any questions about the product.
What the medication is used for
Your doctor has prescribed pms-PIOGLITAZONE to treat type 2 diabetes, as an addition to diet and exercise, in order to improve your blood sugar control. pms-PIOGLITAZONE may be used alone or in combination with a sulfonylurea or metformin.
What Is Type 2 Diabetes?
Insulin is a hormone that the body makes to help use food for energy. There are two types of diabetes: in type 1 diabetes, the body stops producing insulin. In type 2 diabetes, the body does not respond to insulin as well as it should, and/or cannot make enough insulin on its own. When this happens, glucose (sugar) builds up in the blood. This can lead to serious medical problems, including kidney damage, eye damage, nerve damage, heart disease, or stroke. The main goal of diabetes treatment is to lower blood sugar to a normal level.
How Is Type 2 Diabetes Usually Controlled?
Treatment of type 2 diabetes must always include proper diet, exercise and weight control under the guidance of your physician.
What it does
pms-PIOGLITAZONE is a member of a class of drugs that are insulin-sensitizing agents. pms-PIOGLITAZONE helps your body respond better to its own insulin, thereby reducing blood sugar levels in the body. Because pms-PIOGLITAZONE does not cause your body to produce more insulin, it rarely causes hypoglycemia (low blood sugar) when used alone. Even if you are taking pms-PIOGLITAZONE, you should still exercise and follow the recommended nutritional plan for your diabetes.
When it should not be used
pms-PIOGLITAZONE should not be used by patients who:
- have or have had heart problems or heart failure.
- have serious liver damage.
- are pregnant.
- are allergic to pioglitazone hydrochloride or any other ingredients of pms-PIOGLITAZONE.
- have or have had bladder cancer.
- have blood or a red colour in their urine.
What the medicinal ingredient is
Pioglitazone hydrochloride
What the non-medicinal ingredients are
Carboxymethyl cellulose calcium, hydroxypropyl cellulose, lactose monohydrate, magnesium stearate.
What dosage form it comes in
Tablets: 15 mg, 30 mg and 45 mg.
Warnings and precautions
Because pms-PIOGLITAZONE works only in the presence of insulin, it should not be used if you have type 1 diabetes (when the pancreas does not produce insulin).
Serious side effects with pms-PIOGLITAZONE include:
- Heart failure. Symptoms of heart failure include shortness of breath, weakness, tiredness, swelling (edema), or unusual weight gain
- Liver problems. Symptoms of liver problems include tiredness, lack of appetite, dark urine, yellowing of the skin or the white part of the eye
- Bladder cancer. Symptoms of bladder cancer include blood or a red colour in your urine, an increased need to urinate, or pain while you urinate
pms-PIOGLITAZONE is not approved for use with metformin and a sulfonylurea; therefore, pms-PIOGLITAZONE should not be taken with metformin and a sulfonylurea.
pms-PIOGLITAZONE is not approved for use with insulin therapy, therefore, pms-PIOGLITAZONE should not be taken with insulin.
If you are taking pms-PIOGLITAZONE with a sulfonylurea, you may develop low blood sugar. Make sure to ask your doctor, pharmacist or diabetes educator what to do if your blood sugar is low. Teach your friends, coworkers, and family members what they can do to help you if you have low blood sugar.
Consult your doctor promptly during periods of stress, such as fever, trauma, infection or surgery, since your medication requirements may change during these times.
Fractures, usually in the hand, upper arm or foot, have been seen with pms-PIOGLITAZONE use in women. Talk to your doctor about the risk of fracture.
Before or while taking pms-PIOGLITAZONE, talk to your doctor or pharmacist if you:
- have liver disease. pms-PIOGLITAZONE is not recommended in patients with liver disease.
- are planning to become pregnant. Only insulin should be used during pregnancy to maintain blood glucose levels as close to normal as possible.
- are breastfeeding
- are a woman who has not reached menopause but have no menstrual periods. You may become pregnant unless you use an effective method of birth control. pms- PIOGLITAZONE, like other drugs in this class, may cause women with insulin resistance to ovulate again.
- have edema (water retention)
pms-PIOGLITAZONE should not be used in children under 18 years of age.
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