Actos side effects for this popular diabetes drug now include bladder cancer. Actually, this is not news to researchers, since testing on laboratory animals long ago showed an increase in bladder tumors. These results showed up in male rats who were exposed to Actos at the same equivalent dosages that are prescribed to humans. The double whammy is that Actos also has the same level of cardiovascular risks as another drug in the same chemical family, the now controversial drug Avandia. Read more on what you should know. Diabetics have better options than these. Read more… »