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Avandia

Brand Names

; Avandia®

Antidiabetic Agent (Thiazolidinedione)

If you have an allergy to rosiglitazone or any other part of the medicine.
If you have active liver disease or yellowing (jaundice) during troglitazone therapy.
If you have type 1 diabetes or an acid condition of the blood called diabetic ketoacidosis.

This medicine lowers blood sugar in type 2 diabetics. It can be used alone or in combination with other diabetes medicine. It may take up to 3 months to see the full effect.

Take with or without food. Take with food if this medicine causes an upset stomach.
Take at a similar time every day.
Follow diet plan and exercise program as recommended by healthcare provider.

Wear disease medical alert identification for diabetes.
Do not use if you have liver disease. Talk with healthcare provider.
Use caution if you have high cholesterol (increases bad cholesterol). Talk with healthcare provider.
Use caution if you have a weakened heart. May cause water weight gain. Talk with healthcare provider.
During times of stress such as infection, trauma, or surgery your medicine requirements may change. Talk with healthcare provider.
Tell healthcare provider if you are allergic to any medicine. Make sure to tell about the allergy and how it affected you. This includes telling about rash; hives; itching; shortness of breath; wheezing; cough; swelling of face, lips, tongue, throat; or any other symptoms involved.
This medicine can cause ovulation in premenopausal women who have not been ovulating. Birth control may need to be considered. Pregnancy can occur.
Tell healthcare provider if you are pregnant or plan on getting pregnant.
Tell healthcare provider if you are breast-feeding.

Check blood sugar as ordered by healthcare provider. Call if glucose is less than 80 mg/dL or greater than 250 mg/dL. Bring results to follow-up visits.
Watch for low blood sugar. This can cause anger, shaking, rapid heartbeats, confusion, sweating.
Watch for high blood sugar. Causes many trips to the bathroom, thirst, and weight loss.
Check blood work. Talk with healthcare provider.
Follow diet plan and exercise program as recommended by healthcare provider.
Have an eye exam and visit to the foot doctor every year.
Liver function tests need monitoring before therapy and then every 2 months for the first year and periodically after that. Talk with healthcare provider.
Check lipid (cholesterol) panel. Talk with healthcare provider.

Signs of a life-threatening reaction. These include wheezing; tightness in the chest; fever; itching; bad cough; blue skin color; fits; swelling of face, lips, tongue, or throat.
Low blood sugar or very high blood sugar.
Nausea, vomiting, belly pain, feeling tired, dark urine, yellow eyes/skin, not hungry.
For women, a change in monthly period.
Any rash.

Do not share your medicine with others and do not take anyone else's medicine.
Keep all medicine out of the reach of children and pets.
Keep a list of all your medicines (prescription, herbal/supplements, vitamins, over-the-counter) with you. Give this list to healthcare provider (doctor, nurse, pharmacist, physician assistant).
Talk with healthcare provider before starting any new medicine, including over-the-counter or natural products (herbs, vitamins).