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 Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States
Sce de Diabétologie, hôpital de la Pitié-salpêtrière, 83bld de l'hôpital, Paris, France
Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine and Department of Medical Imaging, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre, Nijmegen, Gelderland, Netherlands
Service des Maladies Infectieuses et Tropicales, Hopital Tenon, Paris, France
Department of Endocrinology, Odense University Hospital, Odense, Funen, Denmark
Novartis Pharmaceuticals, East Hanover, New Jersey, United States
Local Institution, Taipei, Taiwan
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