Quote Originally Posted by starkvegasdawg View Post
Had a doctor prescribe me Pioglitazone HCL. The side effects look downright scary and I was wondering how common they are or they're side effects that 1:10,000,000 people get if they take 5X the recommended dose everyday for 20 years.
Just to echo KB21. Pioglitazone is not often used and to be honest kind of a shitty medicine. What's your a1c? If the max dose of metformin isn't keeping it at goal or you need a little bit of weight loss, there are so many other better options if your insurance is any decent at all.