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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 as preventive. Notify your doctor immediately ifyou develop nausea, vomiting, abdominal pain, unusual fatigue, loss of appetite,yellow skin or eyes, or dark urine avandia as preventive. These symptoms may be early signs of liverproblems avandia as preventive.
• 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 as preventive. These may be early symptoms of heart problems avandia as preventive.
• Avandia usually does not cause hypoglycemia (low blood sugar) avandia as preventive. However,hypoglycemia may occur as a result of skipped meals, excessive exercise, oralcohol consumption while taking Avandia avandia as preventive. Know the signs and symptoms of hypoglycemia,which include headache, drowsiness, weakness, dizziness, fast heartbeat, sweating,tremor, and nausea avandia as preventive. Carry hard candy or glucose tablets with you to treat episodesof low blood sugar avandia as preventive.
What is Avandia?
• Avandia is an antihyperglycemic agent avandia as preventive. It helps the body respond betterto insulin and it reduces the amount of sugar produced by the liver avandia as preventive. It canhelp control blood sugar levels avandia as preventive.
• Avandia is used, along with diet and exercise, in the treatment of non-insulin-dependentdiabetes mellitus (type II diabetes) avandia as preventive. 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 as preventive.
• Avandia may also be used for purposes other than those listed in thismedication guide avandia as preventive.
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 as preventive.
• 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 as preventive.
• 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 as preventive.
• 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 as preventive. Therefore,pregnancy may occur and birth control may be a consideration avandia as preventive.
• Avandia is in the FDA pregnancy category C avandia as preventive. This means that it is notknown whether Avandia will harm an unborn baby avandia as preventive. Generally, insulin is the drugof choice for controlling diabetes during pregnancy avandia as preventive. Do not take Avandia withoutfirst talking to your doctor if you are pregnant or could become pregnant duringtreatment avandia as preventive.
• It is not known whether Avandia passes into breast milk avandia as preventive. Do not takeAvandia without first talking to your doctor if you are breast-feeding a baby avandia as preventive.
• The safety and effectiveness of Avandia have not been established forchildren avandia as preventive.
How should I take Avandia?
• Take Avandia exactly as directed by your doctor avandia as preventive. If you do not understandthese instructions, ask your pharmacist, nurse, or doctor to explain them toyou avandia as preventive.
• Take each dose with a full glass of water avandia as preventive.
• Avandia can be taken with or without food or meals avandia as preventive.
• It is important to take Avandia regularly to get the most benefit avandia as preventive.
• 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 as preventive.
• 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 as preventive. Notify your doctor immediately ifyou develop nausea, vomiting, abdominal pain, unusual fatigue, loss of appetite,yellow skin or eyes, or dark urine avandia as preventive. These symptoms may be early signs of liverproblems avandia as preventive.
• Although Avandia does not usually cause hypoglycemia (low blood sugar),hypoglycemia may result from skipped meals, excessive exercise, or alcohol consumption avandia as preventive. Know the signs and symptoms of hypoglycemia, which include headache, drowsiness,weakness, dizziness, fast heartbeat, sweating, tremor, and nausea avandia as preventive. Carry a pieceof hard candy or glucose tablets with you to treat episodes of low blood sugar avandia as preventive.
• Store Avandia at room temperature away from moisture and heat avandia as preventive.
What happens if I miss a dose?
• Take the missed dose as soon as you remember avandia as preventive. If you do not rememberuntil the next day, skip the dose you missed and take only your next regularlyscheduled dose avandia as preventive. Do not take a double dose avandia as preventive.
What happens if I overdose?
• Seek emergency medical attention avandia as preventive.
• Symptoms of a Avandia overdose are not known avandia as preventive.
What should I avoid while taking Avandia?
• Follow your diet, medication, and exercise routines very closely avandia as preventive. Changingany of these factors can affect your blood sugar levels avandia as preventive.
• Avoid alcohol avandia as preventive. It lowers blood sugar and may interfere with your diabetestreatment avandia as preventive.
• Tell your doctor and dentist that you are taking this medication beforeyou undergo any surgery avandia as preventive.
• Do not take any over-the-counter cough, cold, allergy, pain, or weight-lossmedications without first talking to your doctor avandia as preventive.
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 as preventive.
• 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 as preventive. These may be early symptoms of heart problems avandia as preventive.
• Although Avandia does not usually cause hypoglycemia (low blood sugar),hypoglycemia may result from skipped meals, excessive exercise, or alcohol consumption avandia as preventive. Know the signs and symptoms of hypoglycemia, which include headache, drowsiness,weakness, dizziness, fast heartbeat, sweating, tremor, and nausea avandia as preventive. Carry a pieceof hard candy or glucose tablets with you to treat episodes of low blood sugar avandia as preventive.
• Other less serious side effects may also occur avandia as preventive. Continue to take Avandiaand talk to your doctor if you experience:
· headache; or
· sore throat, nasal discharge, or cold symptoms avandia as preventive.
• Side effects other than those listed here may also occur avandia as preventive. Talk to yourdoctor about any side effect that seems unusual or that is especially bothersome avandia as preventive.
What other drugs will affect Avandia?
• No drugs have been reported to interact with Avandia although interactionsmay exist avandia as preventive. Talk to your doctor and pharmacist before taking any prescriptionor over-the-counter medicines, including herbal products avandia as preventive.
Where can I get more information?
• Your pharmacist has additional information about Avandia written forhealth professionals that you may read avandia as preventive.
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