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Pioglitazone

\nIn medicine and pharmacology, pioglitazone is a member of the drug class of the thiazolidinediones. It is being marketed as Actos® by the pharmaceutical companies Takeda and Eli Lilly. Like other thiazolidinediones, its mechanism of action is by activation the intracellular receptor class of the peroxisome proliferator-activated receptors (PPARs), specifically PPARγ.

Table of contents
1 Side-effects and contraindications
2 See also
3 External links

Side-effects and contraindications

\n:See main article: thiazolidinedione

See also

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Anti-diabetic drugs\n* Peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor

External links

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MedlinePlus article on pioglitazone.\n* Diabetes monitor on Pioglitazone\n*Actos / Pioglitazone Fact Sheet\nCategory:Anti-diabetic drugs

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