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