A patient newly diagnosed with type 2 diabetes who is prescribed rosiglitazone (Avandia)has all the following health problems.For which problem do you check with the prescriber to make certain rosiglitazone is an appropriate drug choice?

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Rosiglitazone carries a black box warning because it can cause heart failure in some patients.Patients most at risk are those who have had a previous myocardial infarction.Although heart failure can worsen asthma,it is not worsened by rosiglitazone,nor does the drug cause hypertension or glaucoma.

A Patient Newly Diagnosed with Type 2 Diabetes Who Is