Actos Attorneys
Actos® is a drug prescribed to treat type 2 diabetes. Actos and a similar diabetes drug, Avandia®, have been linked to severe heart and bladder cancer. According to the AmericanHeart Association, a new study found that Actos and Avandia users were at an increased risk of suffering from heart attack, heart failure, and death
Actos Users at Increased Cardiovascular Risk
According to a study published in the American Heart Association journal Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes, more than 28,000 diabetes patients were studied over a 33-month period. The results showed an alarming incidence of heart problems—some of which were fatal—in the patients taking Actos.
The Actos results were as follows:
- 121 patients had a heart attack
- 243 suffered heart failure
- 18 had both a heart attack and heart failure
- 217 died
- 599 total incidents of cardiovascular problems or death
Actos Users at Increase Bladder Cancer Risks
Actos is still being prescribed throughout the United States - even since it's "black box" warning was issued in 2007 by the FDA including Actos and Avandia. In June of 2011, the FDA issued even stronger warnings noting the increased risk of bladder cancer.
We Want to Help
If you or someone you care about has taken the diabetes drug Actos and suffered from heart attack, stroke, congestive heart failure, bladder cancer, or if a loved one died after taking Actos, we want to help. Contact us immediately for a confidential case evaluation, and learn how we can help you.
Never stop any medication without first consulting your doctor.
Actos® is a registered trademark of Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited. Avandia® is a registered trademark of GlaxoSmithKline.
This law firm is not associated with, sponsored by, or affiliated with the American Heart Assocation, Circulation, the Food and Drug Administration, GlaxoSmithKline, or Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited.
