Actos and Alosetron Hydrochloride

• Generic Name: pioglitazone
• Dosage Forms: tablet
• Other Brand Names: Actos

Actos (pioglitazone) is an oral diabetes medicine that helps control blood sugar levels.

Actos is used together with diet and exercise to improve blood sugar control in adults with type 2 diabetes mellitus.

Actos is not for treating type 1 diabetes.

• Generic Name: alosetron
• Dosage Forms: n.a.
• Other Brand Names: Lotronex

Only for management of severe diarrhea-predominant IBS in women with chronic symptoms (generally lasting ≥6 months) who have had anatomic or biochemical GI abnormalities excluded and have not responded to conventional therapy. Diarrhea-predominant IBS is considered severe if accompanied by at least one of the following symptoms: frequent and severe abdominal pain and/or discomfort; frequent bowel urgency or fecal incontinence; or disability or restriction of daily activities.

Use restricted to patients for whom benefit-to-risk balance is considered to be most favorable. (See Boxed Warning.)

Efficacy in men not adequately demonstrated in clinical studies.