AVANDIA & ACTOS users, check this out!!
-Michele
lap band '05/revision to rny 11/21/07
5'6- hw/276 sw/242 cw/144 gw/140
then- bmi 36-39 now-bmi 24- NORMAL WEIGHT
"It's Not Who You Are On The Inside, It's What You Do That Defines You".....
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Hi, I never thought to come to this forum before, but glad I found it. After my diabetes being gone for almost 2 years after RNY, it has resurfaced again due I think, in part, to my 30 pound weight gain over the last 6 months. So the doc put me on Actos (knowing that Avandia was not good at this time). So I read about Actos not being good either and I tell my PCP. What does he say? "Don't believe everything you read on the internet". He doesn't seem to like the internet well so he is keeping me on Actos. Now I do not have heart problems, but still. My surgeon's PA recommended Byetta, a subQ injection she said is better than Actos. But he wouldn't hear of it and is instead recommending I see a diabetes specialist. So in mid July I will. In the meantime, I am to stay on Actos 45 mg. every day.
Karen
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SW: 234.5 CW: 157 GW: 140 - ish
To the original post and to Karen. It is true that there are black box warning on both Avandia and Actos. The problem with Actos comes from swelling which can lead to congestive heart failure. I've been on it for years and have never had swelling. I think it is safe for me. If you have any kind of swelling with it, by all means stop taking it, but if you have taken it for years with no problems then you might want to consider staying on it. There are no other meds right now that are as effective for insulin resistance that Actos and Avandia. Actos has kept my A1c at 5.1 and under for years now. I don't want to mess that up now.
