Metformin 500mg tablets

Land: Storbritannia

Språk: engelsk

Kilde: MHRA (Medicines & Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency)

Aktiv ingrediens:

Metformin hydrochloride

Tilgjengelig fra:

Alliance Healthcare (Distribution

ATC-kode:

A10BA02

INN (International Name):

Metformin hydrochloride

Dosering :

500mg

Legemiddelform:

Tablet

Administreringsrute:

Oral

Klasse:

No Controlled Drug Status

Resept typen:

Valid as a prescribable product

Produkt oppsummering:

BNF: 06010202

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METFORMIN 500MG & 850MG TABLETS PIL - UK
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C.Grant
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Relonchem
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METFORMIN 500MG
AND 850MG TABLETS
Metformin hydrochloride
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READ ALL OF THIS LEAFLET CAREFULLY BEFORE YOU START TAKING THIS
MEDICINE
BECAUSE IT CONTAINS IMPORTANT INFORMATION FOR YOU.
Keep this leaflet. You may need to read it again.
If you have any further questions, ask your doctor or pharmacist or
nurse.
This medicine has been prescribed for you only. Do not pass it on to
others. It may harm them even if their signs of illness are the same
as
yours.
If you get any side effects, talk to your doctor or pharmacist. This
includes
any possible side effects not listed in this leaflet.
See section 4.
WHAT IS IN THIS LEAFLET:
1
WHAT METFORMIN TABLETS ARE AND WHAT THEY ARE USED FOR
2
WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW BEFORE YOU TAKE METFORMIN
TABLETS
3
HOW TO TAKE METFORMIN TABLETS
4
POSSIBLE SIDE EFFECTS
5
HOW TO STORE METFORMIN TABLETS
6
CONTENTS OF THE PACK AND OTHER INFORMATION
1
WHAT METFORMIN TABLETS ARE AND WHAT THEY ARE USED FOR
Metformin tablets contain metformin, a medicine to treat diabetes. It
belongs
to a group of medicines called biguanides. Insulin is a hormone
produced by
the pancreas that makes your body take in glucose (sugar) from the
blood.
Your body uses glucose to produce energy or stores it for future use.
If you
have diabetes, your pancreas does not make enough insulin or your body
is
not able to use properly the insulin it produces. This lead

Preparatomtale

SUMMARY OF PRODUCT CHARACTERISTICS
1
NAME OF THE MEDICINAL PRODUCT
METFORMIN 500mg TABLETS BP
2
QUALITATIVE AND QUANTITATIVE COMPOSITION
Each tablet contains 500mg Metformin Hydrochloride.
For the full list of excipients, see section 6.1.
3
PHARMACEUTICAL FORM
Film-coated tablet.
White, circular, biconvex, film-coated tablets, impressed “MF” on
one face.
4
CLINICAL PARTICULARS
4.1
THERAPEUTIC INDICATIONS
Treatment of type 2 diabetes mellitus in adults, particularly in
overweight
patients, when dietary management and exercise alone does not result
in
adequate glycaemic control.
• In adults, Metformin may be used as monotherapy or in combination
with
other oral antidiabetic agents or with insulin.
• In children from 10 years of age and adolescents, Metformin may be
used as
monotherapy or in combination with insulin.
A reduction of diabetic complications has been shown in overweight
type 2
diabetic patients treated with metformin as first-line therapy after
diet failure
(see 5.1 Pharmacodynamic properties).
4.2
POSOLOGY AND METHOD OF ADMINISTRATION
Posology
_Adults with normal renal function (GFR_
≥
_ 90 mL/min) _
_Monotherapy and combination with other oral antidiabetic agents_
_:_ The usual starting dose is one tablet 2 or 3 times daily with or
after food.
After 10 to 15 days the dose should be adjusted on the basis of blood
glucose
measurements. A slow increase of dose may improve gastrointestinal
tolerability. The maximum recommended dose of metformin is 3g daily,
taken
as 3 divided doses.
If transfer from another oral antidiabetic agent is intended:
discontinue the
other agent and initiate metformin at the dose indicated above.
_Combination with insulin _
_Adults: _Metformin and insulin may be used in combination therapy to
achieve
better blood glucose control. Metformin is given at the usual starting
dose of
one tablet 2-3 times daily, while insulin dosage is adjusted on the
basis of
blood glucose measurements._ _
_ _
_Elderly:_ Due to the potential for decreased renal function in
elderly subjects,
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