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Q: Does my medication avandryl has the same warning of heart diesase ar the avandia?
There is a warning about the diabetic medication avandia
A: Avandryl is a combination medication that has Avandia in it.
Please do not change the way you take this medicine without contacting your doctor first.
Q: How do we get compensated for Medication balance, When it is taken off the market by Drug Companies?
Avandia… Diabetes medication, May cause heart attacks.
What do we do with extra tablets left over, How do we get compensated and from whom.
A: Avandia has NOT been taken off the market. IF the drug is officially taken off the market (I don’t think it will be), the manufacturer MIGHT offer refunds for remaining tablets. If they do so, it would be handled through the pharmacy that filled the prescription. It’s pretty rare that it would happen, though, so don’t bank on it.
Don’t stop taking the medication without talking to your doctor first. The risk of stopping the medication is higher than the risk of taking it. Call your doctor, tell them your concerns, and ask if there’s something else you can take instead if the doctor shares your concerns.
Keep in mind…it happens all the time that one study comes out showing one thing and the next study shows the opposite. The FDA has not withdrawn Avandia from the market, and neither has the manufacturer. Unless that happens, any talk of refunds is premature. Even then, it might not happen.
Q: can i eat grapefruit while taking these medication cause any problems?
Can i eat grapefruit while taking these medication Avandia and Provera. I understand that eating grapefruit may affect some medications.
A: From the references that we use, I can tell you that it’s ok to eat grapefruit and take Avandia. The grapefruit does not interfere with Avandia’s metabolic path. There is nothing documented about an interaction between Provera and grapefruit. So, I would say is ok too.
Q: What is the best medication for type 2 diabetes?
Avandia is currently be used by this person and is looking for an alternate that is less expensive and works. Avandia has side effects which include swelling in the rear of the eye.
A: My Father has DM type II for the past 25 yrs and now at the age of 85 he is still very independent and very careful with control of blood sugar level.He meticulously follows doctor’s prescription which has changed over the years from glyciphage to glynase to Obimet etc.He also takes herbal supplements like Jambulin extract, mustard powder . He maintains a regular regimen of exercise ( simple body movements) and long walks.He also keeps himself occupied with news update to be mentally alert.
To stimulate the mind he manages all his finances, to the last pie.So a combination of medication, exercise , simple sattvic diet and wholesome mental and physical habits will help you to easily combat DM and come out on top.
Q: What are the top three best selling diabetic medication?
besides insulin and Avandia.
A: Glucatrol
Glucophage
glybyuride? sp
Q: Why is my blood sugar getting worse even with more medication?
I have type 2 diabetes for a little over 4 years. I take metformin 3 times a day, avandia, one a day and was taking 5 mg of glucotrol a day. My blood glucose was doing well until November of 06. My doctor raised the glucotrol to 10 mg a day. It didn’t seem to make much of a difference. On February 5, I started taking 10 mg of glucotrol twice a day. Still no improvement even with my morning fasting numbers. What’s the problem here?
A: This happened to me too, over time. I was on the highest possible doses of 3 meds, all at the same time and I was still 250-300. The doctors decided that I was simply becoming resistant to the meds and I was in need of insulin. I now take 2 shots a day, my levels are finally normal, and I feel like a new person.
Q: Any good medication for type II diabetes?
I am about to get off Avandia because of its serious side effects and also the possibility of it being withdrawn from the market. The doc hinted on putting me on insulin but thought that was for type I diabetes? Anyone has proven home or any remedy?
A: Sorry, no home remedies. Do as much as you can with diet and exercise. Many, many type 2s have to take insulin. Do anything you can to control it. Im sure you now the risk of uncontroled diabetis. Blindness, kidney failure, etc
Q: Did you hear that Avandia is associated with a 43% higher risk of heart attacks and death?
Maybe you should call your doctor for an appointment if you are taking this medication.
“We learned from an FDA briefing that the agency has known about this problem for at least eight months and perhaps even longer,” said Dingell. “What we don’t know is why diabetics and their doctors haven’t been notified of the substantial risk to the heart from a drug prescribed to protect the cardiovascular system
http://pharmalot.com/2007/05/glaxos_avandia_increases_heart.php
To read the study itself go here.
http://content.nejm.org/cgi/content/full/NEJMoa072761
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2007/05/21/health/main2831501.shtml
A: Article posted on Yahoo News today:
FDA issues safety alert on diabetes drug
By MARILYNN MARCHIONE, AP Medical Writer
The widely prescribed diabetes drug Avandia is linked to a greater risk of heart attack and possibly death, a new scientific analysis revealed, and the U.S. government issued a safety alert Monday.
The Food and Drug Administration urged diabetics taking the pill to talk to their doctors, but stopped short of forcing a sharper warning label on the drug sold by GlaxoSmithKline PLC of London.
More than 6 million people worldwide have taken the drug since it came on the market eight years ago. Pooled results of dozens of studies revealed a 43 percent higher risk of heart attack, according to the review published by the New England Journal of Medicine.
Experts said the overall risk was small and cautioned people not to stop taking the drug on their own but to talk to their doctors.
The company downplayed the report of heart risks, saying the analysis by Dr. Steven Nissen and statistician Kathy Wolski at the Cleveland Clinic is not definitive scientific proof. In a conference call Monday, Dr. Lawson McCartney who leads Glaxo’s diabetes drug development, said the company is not seeing “anything like” the problems reported in the medical journal.
“We remain very confident in the safety and of course in the efficacy of Avandia as an important diabetic medicine,” McCartney said.
The government will take no immediate action on a label change or other measures regarding the drug, said Dr. Robert J. Meyer of the FDA’s Center for Drug Evaluation and Research.
Some data suggests “that there is a potentially significant increase in the risk” but there also is risk if patients switch drugs or do not keep their blood-sugar under control, an FDA statement says.
FDA officials acknowledged that Glaxo submitted information last August indicating some increased risk from the drug but that other studies were contradictory. However, several members of Congress expressed alarm and said they would hold hearings on the safety issues.
Avandia is used to treat Type 2 diabetes, the most common form of the disease, which is linked to obesity and afflicts 18 million Americans and 200 million people worldwide. This form of diabetes occurs when the body does not make enough insulin or cannot effectively use what it manages to produce.
Avandia helps sensitize the body to insulin and was considered a breakthrough medication for blood-sugar control.
Worried patients should not quit Avandia on their own and should discuss concerns with their doctors, wrote Drs. Bruce Psaty and Curt Furberg in an editorial in the New England Journal. Psaty is with the University of Washington in Seattle and Furberg is with Wake Forest University.
However, to the extent that the new analysis shows valid risks, the drug “represents a major failure of the drug-use and drug-approval processes in the United States,” they said.
When the drug was approved, “evidence was at best mixed” on its benefit, wrote the two doctors. Both have been frequent critics of the FDA’s failure to spot dangers in the drug approval process and its conduct in the case involving Vioxx. The popular arthritis medicine sold by Merck & Co. was taken off the market in 2004 when heart problems came to light after it had been taken by millions of people
Several experts said Avandia was another example of the FDA failing to detect a safety problem early enough.
Glaxo’s shares trading in the United States fell $3.85, or 6.6 percent, to $53.89 in afternoon trading.
The report on the diabetes drug’s risks follow Glaxo’s $2.5 million settlement of a lawsuit filed by former New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer over the release of data on the safety and effectiveness of its drugs. Spitzer, now New York governor, accused Glaxo of fraudulently withholding some results of studies that had examined the safety of prescribing the antidepressant Paxil to children.
GlaxoSmithKline disputed that it attempted to mislead anyone, and said it has always been in favor of widespread disclosure of clinical trial results.
The company’s clinical trials registry (http://ctr.gsk.co.uk) is available to the public, although the reports within it are highly technical and may appear incomprehensible to an untrained reader.
Q: I am looking for the name of a medication…?
It is a combination of Glucophage and Avandia, it is used for Diabetes. Anyone know what the name is?
My husband is in the hospital and they are prescribing this medication, but I did not know the name of it and wanted to get info on it….
A: Avandamet. It comes in 2/500 all the way up to 4/1000. Twice daily. But careful, the Avandia side of the drug is contraindicated in congestive heart failure. It will also make you gain weight. None the less, it is an excellent, excellent drug.
Q: Avandia Questions…?
I would like to know a few things about Avandia.
1- Are there medications that can be taken with Avandia to help lower the chance of heart problems? (like high blood pressure medications and statins)
2- How does Actos compare to Avandia? Does it show the same risk?
3- Do they know where the increased risk might be coming from?
4- Is Avandia still on the US market? (I’ve read somewhere it might of been pulled)
5- Does anyone continue to take Avandia despite the risks and how are you managing that?
Thanks in advance,
Andy…
A: i used to take it before i started insulin and when it was pulled off the market i talked to my doc about it and she said you are 50% more likely to have some sort of heart probs like congestive heart failure if youre taking avandia, 50% is huge and im ticked that they would distribute something that dangerous to people who already have enuf going on with their diabetes, i make sure i am much more informed about any meds i am given now, talk to docs, do internet research, and my pharmacist is awesome and knowledgable and not afraid to tell me the truth about meds even if its bad
Q: Question about Chinese Massage:- What are the consequences of Mixing Western Medication and Chinese Massage ?
Question about Chinese Massage:- calling all Massage Therapists Experts?
My mother is 63 years old. She is 5′2″ and weighs 85kg.
My mother has Type 2 diabetes, Borderline Hypertension,and now developing Arthritis and Intermediate stage Osteoporosis.
She is on medication and She is currently taking Avandia 4 mg, Glucophage Retard 850 mg, Gliclazide Tablets BP 80 mg, for her Diabetes under prescription of a qualified trained Physician.
For her Blood Pressure, She is currently taking Apo – Atenol 50 mg, and Renitec 5 mg for her Kidney Protection.
She is also taking Glucosamine Sulphate (375mg) with Chondroitin Sulphate (200 mg), 4 tablets a day as a supplement for her joints, otherwise She can’t move her limbs.
If there is too much of pain, she takes Ponstant one or twice a day.
She also Applies Ammeltz Yoko Yoko( a liquid balm containing Menthol, Camphor and Methyl Salicylate when she needs to go out or drive.
She also puts a Salon pas patch when She needs to drive or go out. ( A patch manufactured by Hisamitsu Pharmaceuticals, containing Menthol, Camphor and Methyl Salicylate and vitamin E.
Recently, at the suggestion of a friend, she went for a Traditional Chinese Massage under a recommended massage therapist.Whether or not he is a qualified professionally trained masseuse is not known.
He ( the massage therapist ) says there is too much of wind in my mother’s body and the blood circulation is poor. He just applied olive oil and applied pressure on her veins in her hands and feet and all he did was massage her hands, forearms, feet and calve area for just 5-10 mins.
According to my mother, she feels extremely painful during the massage but after the massage she feels lighter and good. She can walk and sleep better and it not so painful when she walks.In fact, She does not need the Patch and the Yoko Yoko Balm after the massage.
However, she is still taking her medication and supplements.
After the massage, There are severe Bruises on her inner forearm and it looks as though someone had hit her. The massage therapist says that it is normal and not to worry about it as it will go away eventually.
Is this bruising a normal temporary side effect or a dangerous reaction?
A lot of people are saying that when you are under Western Medication, You are not suppose to go for traditional Chinese massage and vice versa.
Is this true?
Does following traditional Chinese Massage tampers with the effect of the prescribed medication?
Are there any known sceintific evidence of adverse reaction, or side effects?
Is this a known general fact or a case – to- case basis?
Should she continue the massage therapy?
So far she has done 3 sessions and the only side effect she feels is the pain where he massaged and the nasty bruise marks.
She is rather dubious about mixing Western medication and Chinese massage therapy. Will there be any side effects ?
A: No I don’t think mixing will hurt anything. Massage won’t cure your mothers ills,let her decide if she wants to continue based on how she feels. What would be so bad about getting a treatment now and again if it helps her discomfort? I’m sure her massage therapist didn’t tell her he is a substitute for medical care,but an adjunct.. Also you can ask her doctor if he/she thinks it is ok.
Q: diabetes and avandia?
I am a 31 year old female with type 2 diabetes. I also have a congenetial heart disease called PFO (Patent Foramen Ovale). I am not on any medication for the PFO because it is small. They are just watching it for now as I grow older.
Here is my problem. There has been a recent study on the type two diabetes drug avandia, about causing heart issues. I was on this drug for 3 years, 1998 to 2001. Then got pregnant and after the baby went on metmorfin. I am not sure what I should do. Get a EKG or what. I mean that was 6 years ago you would of thought I would have had side effects by now.
Any ideas.
A: You should do nothing so far as your history of having taken rosiglitazone/Avandia is concerned. There was not a recent study but rather a recent meta-analysis. This is where a researcher looks at the results of various studies and tries to draw conclusions. The conclusion was that the drug might be linked to heart attacks or heart failures. The Food and Drug Administration did not find this meta-analysis compelling. Quite honestly I concluded from the meta-analysis that rosiglitazone was not a problem. There is a trial on-going to look at whether or not the drug has adverse effects upon the heart. Based upon the early results of this trial and previous trials the Food and Drug Administration is cautioning physicians that rosiglitazone/Avandia and pioglitazone/Actos may best be avoided in those with heart failure which does not mean that the drugs cause heart failure. In your case it has been 6 years since you took rosiglitazone. Nothing happened. Nothing to worry about. I hope that your diabetes is doing well. I wish you the best of health. And may God bless.
Q: Avandia Commercial I’m looking for. Could you help me find it…?
I do remember part of what the commercial says if that helps at all:
“15 million people in America has type 2 diabetes. My own grandmother lost her battle. If you have type 2 diabetes, it’s more important then ever to watch what you eat and exercise regularly, and if that’s not enough ask your doctor about adding Avandia to your daily routine. Avandia is different than some diabetes medications. It uses the natural insulin it’s already making to help lower your blood sugar. With the addition of Avandia, a lot of people have been able to lower their blood sugar.”
I’m just into drug ads in a way and wanted to know if you knew where the commercial is. I liked watching it on the internet before I couldn’t find it anymore.
Thanks in advance,
Andy…
Couldn’t find it in Google or Youtube.
The commercial was done with Jane Seymour.
A: I would tell you , but I don’t want you brainwashed more.
Avandia is a killer drug. 2 to 3 time more likely to have bone fractures plus heart problems. Same goes for ACTOS>
Get off these drugs and change doctors.He should be sued for malpractice.
Q: metolazone, fierisemide, glyburide, avandia, potasium, lipitor, ecotrin, procrit, will these medications inter
Will all of these drugs interact with one another??
A: Ask your doctor or pharmacist. They should of given you this information either by word or in paper form when you got some of these prescriptions. Don’t trust our judgment here, check with a professional about it. These meds are used for different things, diabetes, heart disease or cholesterol, potassium deficiencies perhaps from a water pill. And other uses.
Q: does metformin contain avandia?
medication, for diabetes
A: No Metformin does not contain avandia. Metformin is a the drug used to treat diabetes. It comes in 500 & 1000 mg tablets. Most often used to treat patients with diabetes prior to resorting to Insulin injections.
Avandia is another type of medication used to treat diabetes. It’s rather new and in most cases does not do as well as metformin in most older patients.
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