Patient was educated on precautions to be exercised while taking Avandamet as follows:
- Report any symptoms of undiagnosed bone pain, as Avandamet is known to cause osteoporosis and consequent pathological fractures.
- Take weight reading at least twice a week and maintain a log of every reading for comparative feedback. Maintain an ideal weight for your height.
- Maintain strict compliance with intake of Avandamet as ordered, with regards to dosage and frequency, to derive the benefit of the medication.
- If a dose is missed, it should be taken at the earliest notice of noncompliance, if it is within 2 hours of the scheduled missed dose time. Report the noncompliance to your physician. If it is time for the next dose, the missed dose can be skipped. Compensating for the missed dose by taking an extra dose can pose serious risk for an episode of extremely low blood sugars, thus precipitating an emergency.
