Posts tagged actos

• Recommended Actions for Actos Users

  Amber Racine | April 05, 2012 9:53 AM | 1 CommentCentral Pennsylvania, PA Category: FDA & Prescription Drugs
  

  During the summer of 2011, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued a Drug Safety Communication Update for Actos. The FDA reported that patients using Actos for a year or longer have a...

• When did actos come on the market and should it come off?

  Michael Monheit | January 10, 2012 11:08 AM | 1 CommentCentral Pennsylvania, PA Category: FDA & Prescription Drugs
  

  The diabetes treatment drug Actos, made by Takeda Pharmaceutical Co., is now at the center of dozens of lawsuits in the United States over claims that prolonged used of Actos increases the risk...

• Actos Bladder Cancer Lawsuits

  Michael Monheit | January 06, 2012 12:07 PM | 1 CommentCentral Pennsylvania, PA Category: FDA & Prescription Drugs
  

  Type 2 Diabetes patients prescribed Actos for long-term treatment are starting to flood into the court system with claims that Actos caused them to develop bladder cancer. In June of 2011,...

• Federal Actos Cases Moving to Multidistrict Litigation

  Jamie Sheller | December 30, 2011 3:15 PM | 1 CommentPhiladelphia, PA Category: FDA & Prescription Drugs
  

  The Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation is streamlining litigation for all federal cases alleging injury caused by the diabetes drug ACTOS®, a diabetes drug that has been linked with...

• Sheller Investigating Actos Bladder Cancer Cases

  Jamie Sheller | September 28, 2011 5:37 PM | 0 CommentsPhiladelphia, PA Category: FDA & Prescription Drugs
  

  Since the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in June issued a Drug Safety Communication Update for Actos, Sheller, P.C. has continued to investigate the link between Actos and bladder...

• ACTOS’ Users Should Act On Any Bladder Cancer Symptoms

  Amber Racine | September 22, 2011 3:58 PM | 0 CommentsCentral Pennsylvania, PA Category: Miscellaneous
  

  On June 15, 2011, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued a Drug Safety Communication Update for Actos. The FDA reported that patients using Actos for a year or longer have a substantially...

• Actos Bladder Cancer Risks

  Jamie Sheller | September 21, 2011 9:13 AM | 1 CommentPhiladelphia, PA Category: FDA & Prescription Drugs
  

  The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in June issued a Drug Safety Communication Update for Actos, warning that patients using Actos (pioglitazone) for a year or longer have a substantially...

• Actos Bladder Cancer - Studies Show Significant Risk

  Michael Monheit | September 16, 2011 9:01 AM | 2 CommentsCentral Pennsylvania, PA Category: FDA & Prescription Drugs
  

  In June, the FDA alerted the public that the diabetes drug Actos (pioglitazone) may be associated with an increased risk of bladder cancer. This alert is based on the FDA’s review of data from...

• Actos Linked To Bladder Cancer: Patients May Not Be Receiving Recommended Care

  Lorraine Lowery | September 15, 2011 9:42 AM | 2 CommentsCentral Pennsylvania, PA Category: FDA & Prescription Drugs
  

  ACTOS (PIOGLITAZONE) LINKED TO BLADDER CANCER: PATIENTS MAY NOT BE RECEIVING RECOMMENDED CARE, ACCORDING TO UCLA STUDY Actos (pioglitazone), and other pioglitazone-containing medications...

• FDA: Actos Shows Cancer Risk

  Jamie Sheller | July 08, 2011 3:54 PM | 0 CommentsPhiladelphia, PA Category: FDA & Prescription Drugs
  

  The Food and Drug Administration has issued a warning that use of Actos (pioglitazone) – which fights diabetes – for more than 12 months can lead to a 40 percent increase in bladder...