Comments on: actos

By: Adeline Calhoun

Adeline Calhoun — Tue, 03 Jul 2007 04:09:51 +0000

Thanks for the input. I’m already on Byetta. 10 pen for 18 months. Also take
Metformin, and Prandin. Now Endo wants to add Actos. B G’s just keep
creeping up. Lanie

****Sounds hard. Well maybe it will help for a while …and you’ll be able
to get off of it when your numbers come down. Have you tried a very low
carb diet…that helps me when my numbers are high… Good luck with it.

Suzanne

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By: beverley90

beverley90 — Tue, 03 Jul 2007 00:16:24 +0000

Thanks for the input. I’m already on Byetta. 10 pen for 18 months. Also take
Metformin, and Prandin. Now Endo wants to add Actos. B G’s just keep
creeping up. Lanie

Suzanne

By: Adeline Calhoun

Adeline Calhoun — Mon, 02 Jul 2007 19:33:59 +0000

Does anyone in this group take actos? If so, what is the lowest dose
prescribed, and does it have a history of increasing weight gain? thanks,
Lanie

****I used to take actos with insulin a few weeks ago and tolerated it well
for a while. After a year or so I realized it was causing edema in my legs and
my doctor took me off of it. It definitely makes some people gain weight
and I believe it has recently been found to contribute to heart desease along
with Avandia. My sense is that Byetta and a small dose of metformin is a
safer way to go, if you can tolelrate the GI side effects, at least for me. We
are all different in how we respond to meds. Suzanne

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By: beverley90

beverley90 — Mon, 02 Jul 2007 15:40:32 +0000

Does anyone in this group take actos? If so, what is the lowest dose
prescribed, and does it have a history of increasing weight gain? thanks,
Lanie