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.
Service de Gastroentérologie et d'Hépatologie, University Hospital, Geneva, GE, Switzerland
Novartis Investigative Site, Tübingen, Germany
Grady Memorial Hospital, Atlanta, Georgia, United States
Dokkyo Medical University, Koshigaya Hospital, Koshigaya, Saitama, Japan
Novo Nordisk Investigational Site, Tacoma, Washington, United States
Baker Heart Research Institute, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Pennington Biomedical Research Center, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, United States
PGIMER, Chandigarh, India
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