Avandamet information and resources about treating type 2 diabetes.

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Avandamet information and resources about treating type 2 diabetes.
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About Avandamet
Sometimes, eating healthy and being active are enough to lower blood sugar levels. But, like many people with type 2 diabetes, you may also need medicine to help control your blood sugar. You may even need more than one medicine to treat the disease in different ways. ThatÌs where Avandamet can help.

Avandamet combines two medicines to treat type 2 diabetesÛAvandia (rosiglitazone maleate) and metformin (a biguanide)Ûin one convenient pill:

Rosiglitazone helps your body use its own natural insulin better. This lowers your blood sugar and can help keep it under control.*
Metformin works in a number of ways, but mainly by helping your liver make less sugar.
How Avandamet helps
Along with eating healthy and staying physically active, Avandamet can help you control your blood sugar.* Lowering your blood sugar is one of the main goals of managing type 2 diabetes. Controlling your blood sugar long term can help lower your risk for diabetes-related problems.

Avandamet can begin to work in 1 or 2 weeks. It may take 2 or 3 months to see the full effect on your blood sugar level.

Watching your weight? If so, youÌll be glad to know that in a study, most people who took Avandamet as their first diabetes medicine did not gain weight.

Since 2002, Avandamet has been used by over 1 million people with type 2 diabetes. Only your doctor can tell you if Avandamet is right for you.

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