A nurse is formulating a teaching plan for a 22-year-old woman taking rosiglitazone (Avandia). What should the nurse include information about in this plan to caution this patient?
a. Decreased effectiveness of her birth con-trol pills
b. Excessive exposure to the sun
c. Sudden drop in blood pressure with diz-ziness
d. Possible severe diarrhea
A
Avandia causes some birth control pills to be less effective.
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