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Avandia (ROS-e-glit-a-zone) is used to treat a certain type of diabetes mellitus (sugar diabetes) called type 2 diabetes. It may be used alone or with another type of diabetes medicine, such as metformin, insulin, a sulfonylurea, or sulfonylurea plus metformin. Avandia is available only with your doctor's prescription, in the following dosage form: Oral Tablets (U.S. and Canada)
Avandia is used, alone or in combination with other medications, to treat type 2 (noninsulin-dependent) diabetes (formerly 'adult-onset') in people whose diabetes cannot be controlled by diet and exercise alone. Avandia is in a class of drugs called thiazolidinediones. These drugs work by increasing your body's sensitivity to insulin, a substance your body produces to help control blood sugar levels. Avandia is not used to treat type 1 (insulin-dependent) diabetes (formerly 'juvenile-onset'). Avandia is sometimes prescribed for other uses; ask your doctor or pharmacist for more information. Avandia comes as a tablet to take by mouth. It is usually taken once or twice daily with or without meals. Follow the directions on your prescription label carefully, and ask your doctor or pharmacist to explain any part you do not understand. Take Avandia exactly as directed. Do not take more or less of it or take it more often than prescribed by your doctor. Avandia controls type 2 diabetes but does not cure it. Continue to take Avandia even if you feel well. Do not stop taking Avandia without talking to your doctor. Brand names: - Avandia - Rosiglitazone |