Avandaryl
Avandaryl (rosiglitazone / glimepiride) is a combination medication used together with diet and exercise to control blood sugar in people with type 2 diabetes. It's no longer available in the United States, because it was discontinued.
What is Avandaryl (rosiglitazone / glimepiride)?
What is Avandaryl (rosiglitazone / glimepiride) used for?
- Type 2 diabetes
Drug facts
Common questions about Avandaryl (rosiglitazone / glimepiride)
Avandaryl (rosiglitazone / glimepiride) is made up of two medications that help lower your blood sugar. Rosiglitazone is a glitazone (also known as thiazolidinedione) that helps your body use insulin to lower your blood sugar; insulin converts blood sugar into energy that your body can use. Glimepiride is a sulfonylurea that works by telling your pancreas to release insulin to lower your blood sugar.
No, Avandaryl (rosiglitazone / glimepiride) has been discontinued and is no longer available in the United States. It's not clear why Avandaryl (rosiglitazone / glimepiride) was discontinued, but it wasn't due to any safety reasons or how well it worked.
While Avandaryl (rosiglitazone / glimepiride) has been discontinued, rosiglitazone and glimepiride are both still available today as single-ingredient medications. Additionally, there are several other medications for type 2 diabetes that are available and commonly used today. Your healthcare provider will help guide you to an alternative medication that's best for you.
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Avandaryl (rosiglitazone / glimepiride) dosage
Typical dosage for Avandaryl (rosiglitazone / glimepiride)
Interactions between Avandaryl (rosiglitazone / glimepiride) and other drugs
Although certain medicines should not be used together at all, in other cases two different medicines may be used together even if an interaction might occur. In these cases, your doctor may want to change the dose, or other precautions may be necessary. When you are taking this medicine, it is especially important that your healthcare professional know if you are taking any of the medicines listed below. The following interactions have been selected on the basis of their potential significance and are not necessarily all-inclusive.
Using this medicine with any of the following medicines is usually not recommended, but may be required in some cases. If both medicines are prescribed together, your doctor may change the dose or how often you use one or both of the medicines.
- Abiraterone Acetate
- Aspirin
- Balofloxacin
- Besifloxacin
- Ceritinib
- Chloroquine
- Ciprofloxacin
- Desmopressin
- Disopyramide
- Dulaglutide
- Enoxacin
- Entacapone
- Fleroxacin
- Flumequine
- Gatifloxacin
- Gemifloxacin
- Hydroxychloroquine
- Insulin
- Insulin Aspart, Recombinant
- Insulin Bovine
- Insulin Degludec
- Insulin Detemir
- Insulin Glargine, Recombinant
- Insulin Glulisine
- Insulin Lispro, Recombinant
- Isoniazid
- Lanreotide
- Letermovir
- Levofloxacin
- Lixisenatide
- Lomefloxacin
- Metreleptin
- Miconazole
- Moxifloxacin
- Nadifloxacin
- Norfloxacin
- Octreotide
- Ofloxacin
- Pasireotide
- Pazufloxacin
- Pefloxacin
- Pioglitazone
- Pixantrone
- Porfimer
- Prulifloxacin
- Rufloxacin
- Sitagliptin
- Sparfloxacin
- Thioctic Acid
- Tosufloxacin
- Voriconazole
Using this medicine with any of the following medicines may cause an increased risk of certain side effects, but using both drugs may be the best treatment for you. If both medicines are prescribed together, your doctor may change the dose or how often you use one or both of the medicines.
- Acebutolol
- Aminolevulinic Acid
- Atenolol
- Betaxolol
- Bisoprolol
- Bitter Melon
- Carteolol
- Carvedilol
- Celiprolol
- Colesevelam
- Esmolol
- Fenofibrate
- Fenofibric Acid
- Fenugreek
- Furazolidone
- Gemfibrozil
- Glucomannan
- Guar Gum
- Iproniazid
- Isocarboxazid
- Labetalol
- Levobunolol
- Linezolid
- Methylene Blue
- Metipranolol
- Metoprolol
- Moclobemide
- Nadolol
- Nebivolol
- Nialamide
- Oxprenolol
- Penbutolol
- Phenelzine
- Pindolol
- Practolol
- Procarbazine
- Propranolol
- Psyllium
- Rasagiline
- Rifampin
- Safinamide
- Saxagliptin
- Selegiline
- Sotalol
- Timolol
- Tranylcypromine
- Trimethoprim
