These medications work by decreasing glucose in your liver. They also help your fat cells use insulin better. These drugs come with an increased risk of heart disease. If your doctor gives you one of these drugs, they will watch your heart function during treatment. These drugs include:

• Rrosiglitazone (Avandia)
• Rosiglitazone-glimepiride (Avandaryl)
• Rosiglitizone-metformin (Amaryl M)
• Pioglitazone (Actos)
• Pioglitazone-alogliptin (Oseni)
• Pioglitazone-glimepiride (Duetact)
• Pioglitazone-metformin (Actoplus Met, Actoplus Met XR)

References:

List of Thiazolidinediones
https://www.drugs.com/drug-class/thiazolidinediones.html

Which diabetes medicines are thiazolidinediones?
https://www.webmd.com/diabetes/qa/which-diabetes-medicines-are-thiazolidinediones

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Classes of Medications

• Alpha-glucosidase inhibitors
• Biguanides (metformin)
• Dopamine agonist (Cycloset)
• DPP-4 inhibitors (gliptins) (Januvia, Onglyza)
• GLP-1 (glucagon-like peptides) (Trulicity, Victoza)
• Insulin
• Meglitinides
• Sodium glucose transporter (SGLT-2 Inhibitors) (Farxiga, Invokana, Jardiance)
• Sulfonylureas (glipizide, glyburide)
• Thiazolidinediones (Avandia, Actos)