Rositus 1mg Tablet
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Product introduction
Rositus 1mg Tablet is a medicine used to treat type 2 diabetes mellitus in adults. It helps control blood sugar levels in people with diabetes. This helps to prevent serious complications of diabetes like kidney damage and blindness.
Rositus 1mg Tablet is a medicine used in the treatment of type 2 diabetes. It helps to lower the blood sugar level and prevents long-term complications of diabetes. Using it with regular exercise and a healthy diet provides the best results. It can be used in combination with other diabetes medicines. It may occasionally cause weight gain and swelling due to fluid retention in some patients.
Rositus 1mg Tablet is a medicine used in the treatment of type 2 diabetes. It helps to lower the blood sugar level and prevents long-term complications of diabetes. Using it with regular exercise and a healthy diet provides the best results. It can be used in combination with other diabetes medicines. It may occasionally cause weight gain and swelling due to fluid retention in some patients.
Uses of Rositus Tablet
Benefits of Rositus Tablet
In Treatment of Type 2 diabetes mellitus
Rositus 1mg Tablet improves the body’s response to the hormone insulin, that is responsible for regulating blood glucose (sugar) levels in our body. The insulin helps to lower your blood glucose levels and prevents them from rising after taking meals. You should keep taking it for as long as it is prescribed.
Lowering blood glucose levels is an essential part of managing diabetes. If you can control the level you will reduce the risk of getting any of the serious complications of diabetes such as kidney damage, eye damage, nerve problems, and loss of limbs. Taking this medicine regularly along with proper diet and exercise will help you live a normal, healthy life.
Lowering blood glucose levels is an essential part of managing diabetes. If you can control the level you will reduce the risk of getting any of the serious complications of diabetes such as kidney damage, eye damage, nerve problems, and loss of limbs. Taking this medicine regularly along with proper diet and exercise will help you live a normal, healthy life.
Side effects of Rositus Tablet
Most side effects do not require any medical attention and disappear as your body adjusts to the medicine. Consult your doctor if they persist or if you’re worried about them
Common side effects of Rositus
- Blurred vision
- Numbness
- Bone fracture
- Respiratory tract infection
How to use Rositus Tablet
Take this medicine in the dose and duration as advised by your doctor. Swallow it as a whole. Do not chew, crush or break it. Rositus 1mg Tablet may be taken with or without food, but it is better to take it at a fixed time.
Safety advice
Alcohol
UNSAFE
It is unsafe to consume alcohol with Rositus 1mg Tablet.
Pregnancy
CONSULT YOUR DOCTOR
Rositus 1mg Tablet may be unsafe to use during pregnancy. Although there are limited studies in humans, animal studies have shown harmful effects on the developing baby. Your doctor will weigh the benefits and any potential risks before prescribing it to you. Please consult your doctor.
Breast feeding
CONSULT YOUR DOCTOR
Information regarding the use of Rositus 1mg Tablet during breastfeeding is not available. Please consult your doctor.
Driving
SAFE
Rositus 1mg Tablet does not usually affect your ability to drive.
Kidney
SAFE IF PRESCRIBED
Rositus 1mg Tablet is safe to use in patients with kidney disease. No dose adjustment of Rositus 1mg Tablet is recommended.
Liver
CAUTION
Rositus 1mg Tablet should be used with caution in patients with liver disease. Dose adjustment of Rositus 1mg Tablet may be needed. Please consult your doctor.
Inform your doctor if you develop any signs and symptoms of jaundice while taking this medicine.
Inform your doctor if you develop any signs and symptoms of jaundice while taking this medicine.
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Quick tips
- Rositus 1mg Tablet has been withdrawn from the market due to an increased risk of heart attack and heart-related deaths.
Fact Box
Chemical Class
Thiazolidinedione Derivative
Habit Forming
No
Therapeutic Class
ANTI DIABETIC
Action Class
Thiazolidinedione(PPAR gamma agonist)
Patient concerns
FAQs
Can Rositus 1mg Tablet be used along with glimepiride in diabetes?
Rositus 1mg Tablet when added to Glimepiride in patients with diabetes mellitus, has been found to significantly reduce plasma lipid levels and significant improvement in blood glucose control related to a reduction in the insulin resistance.
How to use Rositus 1mg Tablet?
Rositus 1mg Tablet is an anti-diabetes drug used along with a proper diet and exercise program to control high blood sugar in patients with type 2 diabetes. Pioglitazone acts as an insulin sensitizer and decreases the extent of insulin resistance in the body too.
How does Rositus 1mg Tablet cause oedema?
Rositus 1mg Tablet increases the permeability of fluid in tiny blood vessels called capillaries. This results in easier movement of fluids across the membrane and their consequent accumulation, resulting in oedema (puffiness). Also, Pioglitazone causes increased sodium and water reabsorption from the kidney that contributes to the oedema.
How does Rositus 1mg Tablet cause heart failure?
Rositus 1mg Tablet can cause fluid retention and edema. Consequently, there is a lot of fluid in the body (fluid overload). As a result, it may precipitate heart failure (which worsens with fluid overload in those at risk).
Can Rositus 1mg Tablet be used in depression?
Rositus 1mg Tablet, either alone or as add-on therapy to conventional treatments, could clinically benefit patients of major depression according to a study
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Name: Aretaeus Pharmaceuticals
Address: NO 77/31, 53rd STREET ASHOK NAGAR CHENNAI TN 600083 IN , - , .
Country of origin: India
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