Most patients need to be uptitrated to the 8-mg dose to get the benefit of rosiglitazone, he said. "You should compare pioglitazone 30 mg with rosiglitazone 8 mg, to be fair," he said.

In a study of 3,140 hypertensive patients with type 2 diabetes, all patients received open-label pioglitazone (30 mg/day) for 16 weeks.

Christopher M. Perkins, MD, medical director for Pharmaceutical Product Development (PPD), and colleagues analyzed data from 310 adults with type 2 diabetes not controlled with pioglitazone ( 30 ...

[2] T McCall et al. Effects of 30 mg of Pioglitazone vs 4 mg of Rosiglitazone on Hyperglycemia and Dyslipidemia: Results from a Head-to-Head Trial. PS80 / Abstract #0865.

ORLANDO, Fla. — A combination of an anti-androgen with pioglitazone and metformin in adolescent girls with polycystic ovary syndrome was more effective for increasing ovulation rates compared ...

Most patients need to be uptitrated to the 8-mg dose to get the benefit of rosiglitazone, he said. "You should compare pioglitazone 30 mg with rosiglitazone 8 mg, to be fair," he said.