BACKGROUND The aim of the study was to understand the influences of withdrawal or dose reduction of pioglitazone in patients with type 2 diabetes. METHODS We retrospectively picked up patients who had undergone withdrawal or daily dose reduction of pioglitazone after a continuous prescription for 3 months or longer between January 2010 and March 2014. We compared the data before the withdrawa...

OBJECTIVE The peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor gamma activator pioglitazone has recently been reported to possess pleiotropic cardioprotective and renoprotective actions. We hypothesized that pioglitazone would reduce a dose of the immunosuppressant cyclosporine after heart transplantation, resulting in beneficial protective effects for both cardiac allografts and recipient kidneys. ...

UNLABELLED Aims/Introduction:  To compare first-line, single-agent glimepiride and pioglitazone in Japanese patients with type 2 diabetes uncontrolled by diet and exercise with respect to glycemic control, safety and metabolic changes. MATERIALS AND METHODS   Patients with previously untreated type 2 diabetes were enrolled in a multicenter, randomized, non-blind, parallel-group trial of glime...

BACKGROUND Hyperandrogenism and insulin resistance may be related to the etiology of PCOS. Zucker fa/fa rats with polycystic ovary are obese, have insulin resistance without diabetes mellitus or hyperandrogenism and can be utilized as PCOS model rats without effects of hyperandrogenemia. PCOS patients are reported to have elevated levels of serum anti-Mullerian hormone (AMH), which has an inhib...

BACKGROUND/AIMS Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD), the major hepatic manifestation of type 2 diabetes mellitus, is the most common liver disease in the US. Thiazolidinediones, a commonly used drug class for the treatment of type 2 diabetes, have emerged as a potentially useful treatment for NAFLD. There are, however, lingering concerns about their potential toxicity as well as emerging ...

Comparison effect of Pioglitazone and Glimepiride alone on renal function marker in experimentally induced damage diabetic rats.Jagdish Kakadiya, Nehal Shah

Comparison effect of Pioglitazone and Glimepiride alone on renal function marker in experimentally induced damage diabetic rats.Jagdish Kakadiya, Nehal Shah

The current study's objective was to investigate the interactions of favipiravir with pioglitazone and citalopram. 25 Spraque-Dawley female rats were used in study. Rats groups 1 4 given (1 mg/kg/day) for 7 days 2 5 citalopram (1.5 days. 3, 4, a loading dose (50 mg/kg) on 6th day study maintenance (30 7th After last drug administration, blood samples taken from at 15, 30, 45 minutes, 1, 2, 6, 8...

OBJECTIVE To investigate the dose-response effects of pioglitazone on glycemic control, insulin sensitivity, and insulin secretion in patients with type 2 diabetes. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS A total of 58 diet-treated patients with type 2 diabetes (aged 54 +/- 1 years; 34 men and 24 women; BMI 31.5 +/- 0.6 kg/m(2)) were randomly assigned to receive placebo (n=11) or 7.5 mg (n=13), 15 mg (n=...

Patients with insulin resistance often manifest increased intramyocellular lipid (IMCL) along with increased visceral adipose tissue. This study was designed to determine whether the insulin sensitizer drugs pioglitazone and metformin would improve glucose intolerance and insulin sensitivity by decreasing IMCL. In this study, 23 generally healthy subjects with impaired glucose tolerance were ra...