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Medical Editor: John P. Cunha, DO, FACOEP
Avandia (rosiglitazone maleate) is an oral diabetes medicine that helps control blood sugar levels. It is for people with type 2 (non-insulin-dependent) diabetes. Avandia is sometimes used in combination with insulin or other medications, but it is not for treating type 1 diabetes. Avandia is not recommended for use with insulin. Common side effects include headache or cough.
Avandia is administered at a starting dose of 4 mg either as a single daily dose or in 2 divided doses. The dose may be increased by a physician to 8 mg daily in patients who did not respond to lower doses. Drugs that can raise blood sugar such as isoniazid, diuretics (water pills), steroids, phenothiazines, thyroid medicine, birth control pills and other hormones, seizure medicines, and diet pills or medicines to treat asthma, colds or allergies can lead to hyperglycemia (high blood sugar) when taken with Avandia. Drugs that lower blood sugar such as non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs), aspirin or other salicylates, sulfa drugs, monoamine oxidase inhibitors (MAOIs), beta-blockers, or probenecid may lead to hypoglycemia (low blood sugar) when taken with Avandia. Other medications that may interfere with Avandia include gemfibrozil, rifampin, and nitrate drugs for chest pain or heart problems. Tell your doctor all medications you are taking. Avandia should be used only when prescribed during pregnancy. It is unknown if this medication passes into breast milk. Consult your doctor before breast-feeding.
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Avandia Prescribing Information: Indications & Dosage
After consultation with a healthcare professional who has considered and advised the patient of the risks and benefits of AVANDIA®, this drug is indicated as an adjunct to diet and exercise to improve glycemic control in adults with type 2 diabetes mellitus who either are:
- already taking AVANDIA, or
- not already taking AVANDIA and are unable to achieve adequate glycemic control on other diabetes medications and, in consultation with their healthcare provider, have decided not to take pioglitazone (ACTOS®) for medical reasons.
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Avandia Patient Information: Side Effects
Get emergency medical help if you have any of these signs of an allergic reaction: hives; difficulty breathing; swelling of your face, lips, tongue, or throat.
Stop using rosiglitazone and call your doctor at once if you have any of these serious side effects:
- feeling short of breath, even with mild exertion;
- swelling or rapid weight gain;
- chest pain or heavy feeling, pain spreading to the arm or shoulder, sweating, general ill feeling;
- nausea, stomach pain, low fever, loss of appetite, dark urine, clay-colored stools, jaundice (y...
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Avandia Consumer Information: Uses
Rosiglitazone is an anti-diabetic drug (thiazolidinedione-type, also called "glitazones") used with a proper diet and exercise program to control high blood sugar in patients with type 2 diabetes (non-insulin-dependent diabetes). You should only begin taking rosiglitazone when other drugs have not worked well or cannot be taken, and you do not wish to take pioglitazone-containing medications. If you are currently taking rosiglitazone and have good control of your blood sugars and no new side effects/symptoms, continue to take this drug as directed. Ask your doctor promptly about the risks and ...
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