MedCity News | Diabetes Drug Shows Slight Effect on Dementia in German Study Bloomberg Doctors have long wondered whether Actos, known generically as pioglitazone, and another similar diabetes drug, Avandia, or rosiglitazone, might also work in the brain to stave off dementia. An Alzheimer's study of Avandia failed, and problems with ... German Database Study Hints Diabetes Drug Cuts Alzheimer's Risk |