Pioglitazone
Brand name: Actos
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More Information on Pioglitazone (Actos)
- Testimony on Rosiglitazone (Avandia), April 28, 2010
- Life-Threatening Liver Toxicity of Avandia (Rosiglitazone) Shown in New Public Citizen Research Published in Peer-Reviewed Medical Journal, July 22, 2009
- Letter in the Lancet on the Availability of Information on Thiazolidinediones, July 15, 2000
- Petition Requesting Updated Labeling for Diabetes Drugs Troglitazone (Rezulin), Rosiglitazone (Avandia) and Pioglitazone (Actos), March 7, 2000