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Okay, I took actos for maybe 6 weeks and my ankles and calves were swollen so bad that I could barely put my shoes on. I had to untie them and losen them completely. My normal ankle size is so small I can wrap my thumb and middle finger around it and touch lol.
I asked my friend who is a nurse took a look at my legs and she gasped and was pressing on them in different places and it would leave deep dents in my skin and take forever to pop back out. She called this 3 plus pitting edema. I freaked out and immediately quit taking it.
I went to the Doctor the next Monday morning and told her that my legs were swelling really bad and she was very non-chalant about it and then I said "a nurse told me I have 3 plus pitting edema" and she says "oh, yeah, let's take you off the actoplus-met and put you back on the plain glucophage". Gahhh!
Anyways, I wasn't taking Phen then but that was MY experience with Actos.
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