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Review: could Actos cause Diarrhea?

Summary: Diarrhea is found among people who take Actos, especially for people who are female, 60+ old, have been taking the drug for 1 - 6 months, also take medication Byetta, and have Type 2 diabetes.

We study 31,013 people who have side effects while taking Actos from FDA and social media. Among them, 1,270 have Diarrhea. Find out below who they are, when they have Diarrhea and more.

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Actos has active ingredients of pioglitazone hydrochloride. It is often used in diabetes. (latest outcomes from 31,352 Actos users)


Diarrhea has been reported by people with high blood pressure, pain, depression, rheumatoid arthritis, osteoporosis. (latest reports from 139,378 Diarrhea patients)

On Apr, 18, 2015: 31,013 people reported to have side effects when taking Actos. Among them, 1,270 people (4.10%) have Diarrhea.

Trend of Diarrhea in Actos reports

Time on Actos when people have Diarrhea * :


Gender of people who have Diarrhea when taking Actos * :


Age of people who have Diarrhea when taking Actos * :


Severity of Diarrhea when taking Actos ** :

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How people recovered from Diarrhea ** :

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Top conditions involved for these people * :

  1. Type 2 diabetes mellitus (213 people, 16.77%)
  2. Diabetes mellitus non-insulin-dependent (212 people, 16.69%)
  3. Diabetes mellitus (208 people, 16.38%)
  4. Hypertension (86 people, 6.77%)
  5. Blood cholesterol increased (65 people, 5.12%)

Top co-used drugs for these people * :

  1. Byetta (381 people, 30.00%)
  2. Aspirin (316 people, 24.88%)
  3. Metformin hcl (259 people, 20.39%)
  4. Lisinopril (186 people, 14.65%)
  5. Lasix (171 people, 13.46%)

* Approximation only. Some reports may have incomplete information.

** Reports from social media are used.


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