
Avandia - also known as Rosiglitazone - is a blood sugar control medication used for type II diabetes patients. Avandia has been on the market for 9 years and has been prescribe to millions of patients. Recently, studies have surfaced that bring the Avandia's safety into QUESTION. During the past yeat the drug has been under close scrunity be the FDA in resonse to report of increased risk of heart attack, heart failure, osteoporosis and other potential like-threatening side effects of Avandia.
Name: Avandia
Generic: Rosiglitazone
Manufaturer: GlaxoSmithKlein
Date approved: May 25, 1999
Status: Prescription Only
Approved uses: Treatment of diabetes
Side effects:
- Weight gain
- Could or cold
- Headache
- Inflamation of the sinuses
- Back pain
- Swelling or fliud retention
- Increased insidence of bone fractures especially in women
- Increased risk of cardiac arrest
