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