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What is the most important information I should know about Avandia?
• Usually, liver function is monitored with blood tests at the start oftreatment, every two months for the first year of treatment, and periodicallythereafter during treatment with Avandia avandia and lawsuits. Notify your doctor immediately ifyou develop nausea, vomiting, abdominal pain, unusual fatigue, loss of appetite,yellow skin or eyes, or dark urine avandia and lawsuits. These symptoms may be early signs of liverproblems avandia and lawsuits.
• Notify your doctor immediately if you experience an unusually rapid increasein weight or edema (water retention), shortness of breath, or chest pain duringtreatment with Avandia avandia and lawsuits. These may be early symptoms of heart problems avandia and lawsuits.
• Avandia usually does not cause hypoglycemia (low blood sugar) avandia and lawsuits. However,hypoglycemia may occur as a result of skipped meals, excessive exercise, oralcohol consumption while taking Avandia avandia and lawsuits. Know the signs and symptoms of hypoglycemia,which include headache, drowsiness, weakness, dizziness, fast heartbeat, sweating,tremor, and nausea avandia and lawsuits. Carry hard candy or glucose tablets with you to treat episodesof low blood sugar avandia and lawsuits.
What is Avandia?
• Avandia is an antihyperglycemic agent avandia and lawsuits. It helps the body respond betterto insulin and it reduces the amount of sugar produced by the liver avandia and lawsuits. It canhelp control blood sugar levels avandia and lawsuits.
• Avandia is used, along with diet and exercise, in the treatment of non-insulin-dependentdiabetes mellitus (type II diabetes) avandia and lawsuits. Avandia may also be used with a sulfonylurea(e.g., Diabeta, Glucotrol, Micronase, others), metformin (Glucophage), or insulinwhen diet and exercise plus any one of these medicines alone do not result inadequate blood sugar control avandia and lawsuits.
• Avandia may also be used for purposes other than those listed in thismedication guide avandia and lawsuits.
What should I discuss with my healthcare provider before taking Avandia?
• Do not take Avandia without first talking to your doctor if you haveliver disease avandia and lawsuits.
• Before taking this medication, tell your doctor if you
· have heart failure or heart disease;
· have edema (water retention or swelling);
· have type 1 diabetes mellitus (insulin-dependent diabetes);
· have a serious infection, illness, or injury; or
· need surgery avandia and lawsuits.
• You may not be able to take Avandia, or you may need a dosage adjustmentor special monitoring during treatment if you have any of the conditions listedabove avandia and lawsuits.
• Treatment with Avandia may cause resumption of fertility by allowingfor the return of ovulation (production of eggs) in certain women with insulinresistance who were not ovulating before treatment with Avandia avandia and lawsuits. Therefore,pregnancy may occur and birth control may be a consideration avandia and lawsuits.
• Avandia is in the FDA pregnancy category C avandia and lawsuits. This means that it is notknown whether Avandia will harm an unborn baby avandia and lawsuits. Generally, insulin is the drugof choice for controlling diabetes during pregnancy avandia and lawsuits. Do not take Avandia withoutfirst talking to your doctor if you are pregnant or could become pregnant duringtreatment avandia and lawsuits.
• It is not known whether Avandia passes into breast milk avandia and lawsuits. Do not takeAvandia without first talking to your doctor if you are breast-feeding a baby avandia and lawsuits.
• The safety and effectiveness of Avandia have not been established forchildren avandia and lawsuits.
How should I take Avandia?
• Take Avandia exactly as directed by your doctor avandia and lawsuits. If you do not understandthese instructions, ask your pharmacist, nurse, or doctor to explain them toyou avandia and lawsuits.
• Take each dose with a full glass of water avandia and lawsuits.
• Avandia can be taken with or without food or meals avandia and lawsuits.
• It is important to take Avandia regularly to get the most benefit avandia and lawsuits.
• Your doctor may want you to have blood or urine tests or other medicalevaluations during treatment with Avandia to monitor blood sugar levels, liverfunction, or other factors avandia and lawsuits.
• Usually, liver function is monitored with blood tests at the start oftreatment, every two months for the first year of treatment, and periodicallythereafter during treatment with Avandia avandia and lawsuits. Notify your doctor immediately ifyou develop nausea, vomiting, abdominal pain, unusual fatigue, loss of appetite,yellow skin or eyes, or dark urine avandia and lawsuits. These symptoms may be early signs of liverproblems avandia and lawsuits.
• Although Avandia does not usually cause hypoglycemia (low blood sugar),hypoglycemia may result from skipped meals, excessive exercise, or alcohol consumption avandia and lawsuits. Know the signs and symptoms of hypoglycemia, which include headache, drowsiness,weakness, dizziness, fast heartbeat, sweating, tremor, and nausea avandia and lawsuits. Carry a pieceof hard candy or glucose tablets with you to treat episodes of low blood sugar avandia and lawsuits.
• Store Avandia at room temperature away from moisture and heat avandia and lawsuits.
What happens if I miss a dose?
• Take the missed dose as soon as you remember avandia and lawsuits. If you do not rememberuntil the next day, skip the dose you missed and take only your next regularlyscheduled dose avandia and lawsuits. Do not take a double dose avandia and lawsuits.
What happens if I overdose?
• Seek emergency medical attention avandia and lawsuits.
• Symptoms of a Avandia overdose are not known avandia and lawsuits.
What should I avoid while taking Avandia?
• Follow your diet, medication, and exercise routines very closely avandia and lawsuits. Changingany of these factors can affect your blood sugar levels avandia and lawsuits.
• Avoid alcohol avandia and lawsuits. It lowers blood sugar and may interfere with your diabetestreatment avandia and lawsuits.
• Tell your doctor and dentist that you are taking this medication beforeyou undergo any surgery avandia and lawsuits.
• Do not take any over-the-counter cough, cold, allergy, pain, or weight-lossmedications without first talking to your doctor avandia and lawsuits.
What are the possible side effects of Avandia?
• If you experience any of the following serious side effects, stop takingAvandia and seek emergency medical attention or notify your doctor immediately:
· an allergic reaction (difficulty breathing; closing of the throat;swelling of the lips, tongue, or face; or hives);
· nausea, vomiting, abdominal pain, or loss of appetite;
· unusual fatigue;
· yellowing of the skin or eyes; or
· dark urine avandia and lawsuits.
• Notify your doctor immediately if you experience an unusually rapid increasein weight or edema (swelling, water retention), shortness of breath, or chestpain during treatment with Avandia avandia and lawsuits. These may be early symptoms of heart problems avandia and lawsuits.
• Although Avandia does not usually cause hypoglycemia (low blood sugar),hypoglycemia may result from skipped meals, excessive exercise, or alcohol consumption avandia and lawsuits. Know the signs and symptoms of hypoglycemia, which include headache, drowsiness,weakness, dizziness, fast heartbeat, sweating, tremor, and nausea avandia and lawsuits. Carry a pieceof hard candy or glucose tablets with you to treat episodes of low blood sugar avandia and lawsuits.
• Other less serious side effects may also occur avandia and lawsuits. Continue to take Avandiaand talk to your doctor if you experience:
· headache; or
· sore throat, nasal discharge, or cold symptoms avandia and lawsuits.
• Side effects other than those listed here may also occur avandia and lawsuits. Talk to yourdoctor about any side effect that seems unusual or that is especially bothersome avandia and lawsuits.
What other drugs will affect Avandia?
• No drugs have been reported to interact with Avandia although interactionsmay exist avandia and lawsuits. Talk to your doctor and pharmacist before taking any prescriptionor over-the-counter medicines, including herbal products avandia and lawsuits.
Where can I get more information?
• Your pharmacist has additional information about Avandia written forhealth professionals that you may read avandia and lawsuits.
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