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.
Korea University Anam Hospital, Seoul, Korea, Republic of
International Centre for Circulatory Health, London, United Kingdom
Dr. Michael Morcos, Heidelberg, Germany
IKFE, Mainz, Germany
Medical Department M, The Medical Research Laboratories, Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus C, Denmark
Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, United States
National Institutes of Health Clinical Center, 9000 Rockville Pike, Bethesda, Maryland, United States
Menzies School of Health Research, Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia
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