Rezulin Side Effects
Rezulin has been known to cause
- Weakness and fatigue
- Loss of appetite
- Nausea
- Weight loss
- Jaundice
- Fever
- Abdominal pain
- Discolored urine
- Spider vein development
- Hair loss
- Headache
- Dizziness
- Increased heartbeat
- Sweating
Warnings & Recalls for Rezulin
A recall for Rezulin was issued by the
FDA on March 2000 after numerous reports surfaced of patients developing liver complications as a result of taking the drug.
Patients were cited as experiencing acute liver failure leading to death or transplant, as well as an increased risk for liver failure.
Rezulin Treatment and Use
Rezulin | troglitazone is an oral pill that is a part of a family of medications known as antihyperglycemics. Manufactured by Warner-Lambert, Rezulin is intended for the treatment of type II diabetes.
As a once a day pill, Rezulin decreases blood sugar levels that insulin injections alone cannot treat. By reducing the levels of sugar produced by the liver, Rezulin improves the body’s response to insulin. Rezulin has even been implemented as a means of decreasing insulin resistance to the point where a patient may no longer even need to use insulin injections.
Other Names for Rezulin
(+-5[[4-[(3,4-dihydro-6- hydroxy-2,5.7,8-tetramethyl-2H-1-benzopyran-2-yl) methoxy]phenyl]methyl]-2,4- thiazolidinedione
Troglitazone
Lawsuits & Legal Information for Rezulin
Author:
Lainee Hooks
Posted on May 11, 2012
