ROSIGLITAZONE helps to treat type 2 diabetes mellitus. It helps your body to use insulin more efficiently and helps to lower high blood sugar.

What should I tell my health care provider before I take this medicine?
They need to know if you have any of these conditions:
•heart problems
•history of diabetic ketoacidosis
•kidney or liver problems
•swelling of the arms, legs, or feet
•an unusual or allergic reaction to rosiglitazone, other medicines, foods, dyes, or preservatives
•pregnant or trying to get pregnant
•breast-feeding

How should I take this medicine?
Take rosiglitazone tablets by mouth. Follow the directions on the prescription label. Swallow the tablets with a drink of water with meals. Take your doses at the same time each day; do not take more often than directed.

Contact your pediatrician or health care professional regarding the use of this medicine in children. Special care may be needed.

What if I miss a dose?
If you miss a dose, take it with the next meal. If it is almost time for your next dose, take only that dose. Do not take double or extra doses.

Avandia, with the generic name of Rosiglitazone, is an antihyperglycemic agent that aides the body respond better to insulin. It reduces the amount of sugar produced by the liver, thus controlling sugar blood levels.
Avandia Indications

Avandia is used to treat type 2 diabetes and control sugar blood levels.
Avandia Warnings/Precautions

Have a discussion with your doctor prior to taking this drug. You may be required to undergo special monitoring or be given dosage adjustments if you are suffering from any of these conditions:
Liver disease
Heart failure or heart disease
Edema or water retention / swelling
Type 1 diabetes mellitus
Serious infection, illness or injury
Need to undergo surgery

For women who are not intending to be pregnant, they have to inform their physician for an effective birth control before using this medication. Avandia may cause resumption of fertility by allowing the return of ovulation in some women with insulin resistance who are not ovulating before treatment.

Inform your doctor if you happen to develop fever or infection, require surgery, or a severe injury. Such condition may lead to loss of blood sugar control and certain amount of insulin may be needed for a period of time.

Avandia is under a class of drugs labeled as FDA Pregnancy Category C. This entails that its effects to an unborn child is not certain. Have a talk with your doctor before using this drug if you are pregnant or planning to be during treatment since insulin is normally used to control diabetes in pregnant mothers.

Inform your physician if you are breastfeeding an infant as it is not known if Avandia passes into breast milk.

The effects of this drug on children have not been studied.
Avandia Intake Instructions

Avandia must be taken exactly as directed by your physician. If there is any instruction that appear unclear to you, have your doctor, nurse, or pharmacist give further explanation.

Each dose of Avandia is taken with a full glass of water. It is not a stomach irritant so it can be taken on a full or empty stomach. To get the most benefit of this drug, take it regularly.

You may be required to have blood or urine tests or other medical evaluations while under treatment with Avandia to monitor blood su gar levels, liver functions and other relevant factors.

What drug(s) may interact with rosiglitazone?
•itraconazole
•ketoconazole
•montelukast
•nitrates like amyl nitrite, isosorbide dinitrate, isosorbide mononitrate, nitroglycerin
•other medicines for diabetes
•rifampin