Warnings/PrecautionsDo not use if AVANDAMET:
- You are allergic to a component AVANDAMET
- You have to first diabetes
- You have moderate to severe heart failure
- Severe infection, low blood oxygen levels, kidney or liver disease, high blood ketone or acid levels (eg, diabetic ketoacidosis), or diabetic eye (macular edema), the problem has been sort of, or you are seriously dehydrated
- You recently had a heart attack or stroke, or have outraged
- You are 80 years or older were not from the kidney
- You will be surgery or certain lab procedures
- You jaundice during treatment with drugs (yellow skin or eyes), including liver disease, history called troglitazone
- Nitrates (eg nitroglycerin) or the use of insulin
Contact your doctor or health care provider immediately if any of these apply to you.
Some medical conditions may interact with AVANDAMET. Tell your doctor or pharmacist if you have any medical conditions, especially if any of the following apply to you:
- If you are pregnant, planning to become pregnant or breastfeeding
- If you have any prescription or nonprescription medicine, herbal or dietary supplement you are taking
- If you have medicine, food, or are allergic to other substances
- If you have the heart (eg heart) problems, abnormal liver function tests, lung or breathing problems, thyroid problems, stomach and intestine (eg, stroke, blockage) problems, adrenal or pituitary problems, eye or vision problems or a history of lactic acidosis
- If fluid retention or swelling problems, vomiting, diarrhea, poor health or nutrition, low blood calcium or vitamin B 12 levels, or anemia, or you are dehydrated
- If you have an infection, fever, recent injury or have moderate to severe burns
- If you drink alcohol or have a history of alcohol abuse
- If you have surgery or certain lab procedures
- If you have a beta-blocker (eg propranolol) are taking
AVANDAMET May interact with some drugs. Talk to your healthcare provider if you are taking other medicines, especially any of the following:
- Or insulin (eg, nitroglycerin), nitrates, because the risk of heart disease can be extended
- Amiloride, digoxin, morphine, procainamide, quinidine, quinine, ranitidine, triamterene, trimethoprim or vancomycin because they "may increase the risk of side effects AVANDAMET
- Calcium channel blockers (eg nifedipine), corticosteroids (eg prednisone), diuretics (eg furosemide hydrochlorothiazide), estrogen, hormonal (eg contraceptive pill) contraceptives, isoniazid, nicotinic acid, oral antidiabetics (eg, glipizide), phenothiazines (eg chlorpromazine), phenytoin, sympathomimetics ( pseudoephedrine, such as albuterol), or thyroid hormones (eg, levothyroxine), high or low blood sugar may increase your risk
- Gemfibrozil, because it may increase the risk of side effects because it can be rifampin "AVANDAMET lack AVANDAMET" leads to high blood glucose effects
- Anticoagulants (eg warfarin) because their effectiveness may be reduced or may increase the risk of these adverse AVANDAMET