WebMD Symptom Checker helps you find the most common medical conditions indicated by the symptoms bad breath, bad taste in mouth, bloating or fullness (abdomen (upper)) and bloating or fullness (abdomen (lower)) including Irritable bowel syndrome, Constipation (child), and Gas pains.
Your EMPLICITI treatment schedule is divided into cycles that are 28 days (4 weeks) long. A cycle is a set number of days you are on treatment and also includes the time you spend resting in between treatments.
In your case, since you weren't already taking any medication for lowering blood glucose, Actos was prescribed. Actos, a thiazolidinedione, can take as long as four to six weeks to have any measurable effect on lowering blood glucose.