Avandia 4mg Tablet
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Product introduction
Avandia 4mg Tablet is a medicine used to treat type 2 diabetes mellitus in adults. It helps control blood sugar levels in people with diabetes. This helps to prevent serious complications of diabetes like kidney damage and blindness.
Avandia 4mg Tablet may be used by itself or along with other medicines. It may be taken with or without food. Take it regularly at the same time each day to get the most benefit. Your doctor will decide what dose is best for you and this may change from time to time according to how it is working.
Keep taking this medicine, even if you feel well or your blood sugar levels are controlled. If you stop it without consulting your doctor, your blood sugar levels could rise and put you at risk of kidney damage, blindness, nerve problems, and loss of limbs. Remember that it is only part of a treatment program that should also include a healthy diet, regular exercise, and weight reduction as advised by your doctor. Your lifestyle plays a big part in controlling diabetes.
The most common side effects of taking this medicine include blurred vision, numbness, and bone fracture. Please consult your doctor if these bother you or persist for a longer duration.
You should not take it if you have type 1 diabetes mellitus, if you have diabetic ketoacidosis (high levels of acid in your blood), or if you have severe kidney or liver disease. Before taking this medicine, tell your doctor if you have ever had heart disease, thyroid disease, or some hormonal conditions. It may not be suitable. Pregnant or breastfeeding women should also consult their doctor before taking it. Your blood sugar levels should be checked regularly and your doctor may also advise blood tests to monitor your blood cell counts and liver function.
Uses of Avandia Tablet
Benefits of Avandia Tablet
In Type 2 diabetes mellitus
Type 2 diabetes mellitus is a chronic condition where the body either does not produce enough insulin or cannot use it effectively, leading to high blood sugar levels. Avandia 4mg Tablet is used in the management of type 2 diabetes to help improve blood sugar control. When taken along with proper diet and exercise, it supports better long-term glucose management, helping reduce the risk of complications like nerve damage, kidney problems, and eye issues associated with uncontrolled diabetes.
Side effects of Avandia Tablet
Most side effects do not require any medical attention and disappear as your body adjusts to the medicine. Consult your doctor if they persist or if you’re worried about them
Common side effects of Avandia
- Blurred vision
- Numbness
- Bone fracture
- Respiratory tract infection
How to use Avandia Tablet
Take this medicine in the dose and duration as advised by your doctor. Swallow it as a whole. Do not chew, crush or break it. Avandia 4mg Tablet may be taken with or without food, but it is better to take it at a fixed time.
How Avandia Tablet works
Avandia 4mg Tablet is an anti-diabetic medication. It works by increasing the body's sensitivity to insulin, a natural substance that helps control blood sugar levels.
Safety advice
Alcohol
UNSAFE
It is unsafe to consume alcohol with Avandia 4mg Tablet.
Pregnancy
CONSULT YOUR DOCTOR
Avandia 4mg Tablet may be unsafe to use during pregnancy. Although there are limited studies in humans, animal studies have shown harmful effects on the developing baby. Your doctor will weigh the benefits and any potential risks before prescribing it to you. Please consult your doctor.
Breast feeding
CONSULT YOUR DOCTOR
Information regarding the use of Avandia 4mg Tablet during breastfeeding is not available. Please consult your doctor.
Driving
SAFE
Avandia 4mg Tablet does not usually affect your ability to drive.
Kidney
SAFE IF PRESCRIBED
Avandia 4mg Tablet is safe to use in patients with kidney disease. No dose adjustment of Avandia 4mg Tablet is recommended.
Liver
CAUTION
Avandia 4mg Tablet should be used with caution in patients with liver disease. Dose adjustment of Avandia 4mg Tablet may be needed. Please consult your doctor.
Inform your doctor if you develop any signs and symptoms of jaundice while taking this medicine.
Inform your doctor if you develop any signs and symptoms of jaundice while taking this medicine.
What if you forget to take Avandia Tablet?
If you miss a dose of Avandia 4mg Tablet, skip it and continue with your normal schedule. Do not double the dose.
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Quick tips
- Avandia 4mg Tablet has been withdrawn from the market due to an increased risk of heart attack and heart-related deaths.
- Avandia 4mg Tablet helps to control blood sugar level and avoid long-term complications.
- Full effects may be visible after several weeks of starting Avandia 4mg Tablet. Keep taking it as prescribed by your doctor.
- Weight gain, headache, and swelling due to fluid build-up may occur.
- Notify your doctor if you experience shortness of breath, heart problems, or any abnormal swelling.
- May not be suitable for patients with a history of heart failure or bladder cancer.
- You should continue to exercise regularly, eat a healthy diet, and take your other diabetes medicines along with Avandia 4mg Tablet.
- Take it only as per dose and duration suggested by your doctor.
- Monitor your blood sugar level regularly while taking this medicine.
- Your doctor may monitor your liver function. Inform your doctor if you notice symptoms like abdominal pain, yellowing of eyes and loss of appetite.
Fact Box
Chemical Class
Thiazolidinedione Derivative
Habit Forming
No
Therapeutic Class
ANTI DIABETIC
Action Class
Thiazolidinediones (TZD) and PPAR Gamma Agonists
Interaction with drugs
Taking Avandia with any of the following medicines can modify the effect of either of them and cause some undesirable side effects
Do not consume Rosiglitazone with Human insulin.
Concurrent use may cause fluid build-up in the body (swelling) and increase the risk of heart attack.
If concurrent use is essential, watch out for symptoms such as confusion, headache, nausea, dizziness or faintness and consult your doctor if you experience them.
Concurrent use m
Talk to your doctor if you notice any unusual symptoms.Doctor may monitor your blood sugar level. Rosiglitazone may raise blood levels of the active form of Saxagliptin.
Your doctor may monitor your diabetic control closely and adjust the doses as per the observations.
Concurrent use may interfere with control over blood sugar.
Your doctor may monitor your diabetic control closely and adjust the doses as per the observations.
Concurrent use may interfere with control over blood sugar.
Patient concerns
FAQs
Can Avandia 4mg Tablet be used along with glimepiride in diabetes?
Avandia 4mg Tablet when added to Glimepiride in patients with diabetes mellitus, has been found to significantly reduce plasma lipid levels and significant improvement in blood glucose control related to a reduction in the insulin resistance.
How to use Avandia 4mg Tablet?
Avandia 4mg Tablet is an anti-diabetes drug used along with a proper diet and exercise program to control high blood sugar in patients with type 2 diabetes. Pioglitazone acts as an insulin sensitizer and decreases the extent of insulin resistance in the body too.
How does Avandia 4mg Tablet cause oedema?
Avandia 4mg Tablet increases the permeability of fluid in tiny blood vessels called capillaries. This results in easier movement of fluids across the membrane and their consequent accumulation, resulting in oedema (puffiness). Also, Pioglitazone causes increased sodium and water reabsorption from the kidney that contributes to the oedema.
How does Avandia 4mg Tablet cause heart failure?
Avandia 4mg Tablet can cause fluid retention and edema. Consequently, there is a lot of fluid in the body (fluid overload). As a result, it may precipitate heart failure (which worsens with fluid overload in those at risk).
Can Avandia 4mg Tablet be used in depression?
Avandia 4mg Tablet, either alone or as add-on therapy to conventional treatments, could clinically benefit patients of major depression according to a study
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- Powers AC, D’Alessio D. Endocrine Pancreas and Pharmacotherapy of Diabetes Mellitus and Hypoglycemia. In: Brunton LL, Chabner BA, Knollmann BC, editors. Goodman & Gilman’s: The Pharmacological Basis of Therapeutics. 12th ed. New York, New York: McGraw-Hill Medical; 2011. pp. 1259-61.
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- Briggs GG, Freeman RK, editors. A Reference Guide to Fetal and Neonatal Risk: Drugs in Pregnancy and Lactation. 10th ed. Philadelphia, PA: Wolters Kluwer Health; 2015. pp. 1236-37.
- Rosiglitazone. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: SmithKline Beecham Pharmaceuticals; 1999. [Accessed 22 Feb. 2019] (online) Available from:
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Address: Dr. Annie Besant Road, Mumbai - 400 030
Country of origin: India
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