Actos and Colitis - a phase IV clinical study of FDA data
Summary:
Colitis is reported as a side effect among people who take Actos (pioglitazone hydrochloride), especially for people who are female, 60+ old, have been taking the drug for 6 - 12 months also take Lisinopril, and have Multiple myeloma.
The phase IV clinical study analyzes which people have Colitis when taking Actos. It is created by eHealthMe based on reports of 49,087 people who have side effects when taking Actos from the FDA, and is updated regularly.
What is Actos?
Actos has active ingredients of pioglitazone hydrochloride. It is often used in diabetes. eHealthMe is studying from 49,754 Actos users. Check the latest studies of Actos.
What is Colitis?
Colitis (inflammation of colon) is found to be associated with 1,614 drugs and 1,519 conditions by eHealthMe. Check the latest studies of Colitis.
49,087 people reported to have side effects when taking Actos.
Among them, 75 people (0.15%) have Colitis.

Among these 75 people:
How long have people been on Actos when they have Colitis? *
What is the gender of people who have Colitis when taking Actos? *
What is the age of people who have Colitis when taking Actos? *
What are other drugs people take besides Actos? *
What are other side effects people have besides Colitis? *
What are the existing conditions these people have? *
* Approximation only. Some reports may have incomplete information.
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Related studies:
Effectiveness of, long term effects of, and alternative drugs to Actos:
- Actos (49,754 reports)
Colitis treatments and more:
- Colitis (53,787 reports)
How severe was Colitis and when was it recovered:
Expand to all the drugs that have ingredients of pioglitazone hydrochloride:
Sub-studies by gender and age:
Female: 0-1 2-9 10-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50-59 60+
Male: 0-1 2-9 10-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50-59 60+
Common Actos side effects:
- Actos side effect: Bladder cancer (9,566 reports)
- Actos side effect: Blood glucose increased (4,027 reports)
- Actos side effect: Nausea (feeling of having an urge to vomit) (3,456 reports)
Browse all side effects of Actos:
a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y zCommon drugs associated with Colitis:
- Accutane side effect: Colitis (4,318 reports)
- Prednisone side effect: Colitis (4,098 reports)
- Humira side effect: Colitis (4,023 reports)
- Methotrexate side effect: Colitis (2,418 reports)
- Aspirin side effect: Colitis (1,979 reports)
- Omeprazole side effect: Colitis (1,587 reports)
- Pantoprazole side effect: Colitis (1,493 reports)
- Opdivo side effect: Colitis (1,273 reports)
- Yervoy side effect: Colitis (1,246 reports)
- Vitamin d side effect: Colitis (1,243 reports)
Browse all the drugs that are associated with Colitis:
- Colitis (1,614 drugs)
Common conditions associated with Colitis:
- Crohns disease: 2,787 reports
- Uc: 2,776 reports
- Acne: 2,299 reports
- Zits: 2,298 reports
- Ra: 2,155 reports
- Hypertension: 1,978 reports
- High blood pressure: 1,968 reports
- Malignant melanoma: 1,782 reports
- Pain: 1,308 reports
- Ms: 1,122 reports
Browse all the conditions that are associated with Colitis:
- Colitis (1,519 conditions)
Drugs similar to Actos and Colitis :
- Byetta side effect: Colitis
- Glimepiride side effect: Colitis
- Glipizide side effect: Colitis
- Glucophage side effect: Colitis
- Glyburide side effect: Colitis
- Humalog side effect: Colitis
- Insulin side effect: Colitis
- Janumet side effect: Colitis
- Januvia side effect: Colitis
- Lantus side effect: Colitis
- Levemir side effect: Colitis
- Metformin side effect: Colitis
- Metformin hydrochloride side effect: Colitis
- Novolog side effect: Colitis
- Victoza side effect: Colitis
How the study uses the data?
The study uses data from the FDA. It is based on pioglitazone hydrochloride (the active ingredients of Actos) and Actos (the brand name). Other drugs that have the same active ingredients (e.g. generic drugs) are not considered. Dosage of drugs is not considered in the study.
How to use the study?
DO NOT STOP MEDICATIONS without first consulting your doctor. If there are any serious or long term adverse effects discovered in the study, discuss the study with your doctor to ensure that proper medication management will be in place if applicable.
Who is eHealthMe?
With medical big data and proven AI/ML algorithms, eHealthMe provides a platform for everyone to run phase IV clinical trials. We study millions of patients and 5,000 more each day. Results of our real-world drug study have been referenced on 800+ peer-reviewed medical publications, including The Lancet, Mayo Clinic Proceedings, and Nature. Our analysis results are available to researchers, health care professionals, patients (testimonials), and software developers (open API).
WARNING, DISCLAIMER, USE FOR PUBLICATION
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