Pioglitazone is an antihyperglycemic used as an adjunct to diet, exercise, and other antidiabetic medications to manage type 2 diabetes mellitus. It is administered as a racemic mixture, though there is no pharmacologic difference between the enantiomers and they appear to interconvert in vivo with little consequence. The thiazolidinedione class of medicatio...
Pioglitazone is indicated as an adjunct to diet and exercise to improve glycemic control in adults with type 2 diabetes mellitus. It is also available in combination with metformin, glimepiride, or alogliptin for the same indication.
University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, Arkansas, United States
Internal Medicine III, Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States
Thomas A. Wilson, MD, Stony Brook, New York, United States
Rainbow Babies and Children's Hospital, Cleveland, Ohio, United States
University Hospitals of Cleveland, Cleveland, Ohio, United States
Nephrology, Department of Medicine, university hospital Dresden, Dresden, Germany
GSK Investigational Site, Roodepoort, South Africa
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