Drug details
Avandamet (rosiglitazone maleate and metformin hcl)
type of Antidiabetics, Biguanides/Thiazolidinediones
Avandamet (rosiglitazone maleate and metformin hydrochloride) is a combination of two oral diabetes medicines that help control blood sugar levels for people with type 2 diabetes who do not use daily insulin injections. Avandamet is not for treating type 1 diabetes.
The drug is often used to treat Diabetes , Type 2 diabetes .
This drug may have the following side effects:
- hives,
- difficulty breathing,
- swelling of your face, lips, tongue, or throat,
- nausea,
- upper stomach pain,
- loss of appetite,
- itching,
- dark urine,
- fever,
- pale skin,
- lightheadedness,
- cold hands and feet,
- clay-colored stools,
- yellowing of the skin or eyes (jaundice),
- dizziness,
- pain spreading to your jaw or shoulder,
- swelling,
- sweating,
- chest pain or pressure,
- unusual tiredness,
- sore throat,
- burning eyes,
- skin pain,
- red or purple skin rash with blistering and peeling,
- rapid weight gain,
- rapid heartbeats,
- changes in your vision, and
- shortness of breath (especially when lying down),
- sudden unusual pain in your hand, arm, or foot
The following drugs are related to Avandamet, either as a replacement or used together:
- Precose (acarbose)
- Actoplus MET, Actoplus MET XR (pioglitazone hcl and metformin hcl)
- Actos (pioglitazone hydrochloride)
- Avandia (rosiglitazone maleate)
- Diabinese (chlorpropamide)
- Zegalogue (dasiglucagon injection)
- DiaBeta (glyburide tablets)
- Duetact (pioglitazone hydrochloride and glimepiride tablets)
- Fortamet (metformin hcl)
- Glucotrol (glipizide)
- Glucotrol XL (glipizide extended release)
- GlucaGen (glucagon [rdna origin]) for injection)
- Glucophage, Glucophage XR (metformin hcl)
- Glucovance (glyburide and metformin)
- Glumetza (metformin hcl)
- Micronase (glyburide)
- Lyumjev (insulin lispro-aabc injection)
- Januvia (sitagliptin phosphate)
- Tradjenta (linagliptin)
- Onglyza (saxagliptin tablets)
The following supplements are related to Avandamet, and may be used together with the drug:
- Magnesium (s.)
- Acetyl-L-Carnitine (s.)
- Beer (s.)
- Calcium (s.)
- Citicoline (s.)
- Fish Oil (s.)
- Folic Acid (s.)
- Glycine (s.)
- N-Acetyl Cysteine (s.)
- Potassium (s.)
- Sweet Orange (s.)
- Wine (s.)
- Iodine (s.)
- Blond Psyllium (s.)
- Caffeine (s.)
- Capsicum (s.)
- Gamma Linolenic Acid (s.)
- Ginkgo (s.)
- Coffee (s.)
- Glucomannan (s.)
- Guar Gum (s.)
- Oats (s.)
- Soy (s.)
- Xanthan Gum (s.)
- Agaricus Mushroom (s.)
- Alpha-Lipoic Acid (s.)
- Chromium (s.)
- Ginseng, Panax (s.)
- Milk Thistle (s.)
- Prickly Pear Cactus (s.)