CIPLA-GENPHARM METFORMIN HYDROCHLORIDE metformin hydrochloride 850mg tablet blister pack

Country: Australia

Language: English

Source: Department of Health (Therapeutic Goods Administration)

Active ingredient:

metformin hydrochloride, Quantity: 850 mg

Available from:

Cipla Australia Pty Ltd

INN (International Name):

Metformin hydrochloride

Pharmaceutical form:

Tablet, film coated

Composition:

Excipient Ingredients: maize starch; sodium starch glycollate; macrogol 6000; propylene glycol; colloidal anhydrous silica; magnesium stearate; povidone; purified talc; titanium dioxide; hypromellose

Administration route:

Oral

Units in package:

60 tablets

Prescription type:

(S4) Prescription Only Medicine

Therapeutic indications:

Treatment of type 2 diabetes mellitus in adults, particularly in over weight patients, when dietary management and exercise alone, does not result in adequate glycaemic control. Metformin may be used as initial treatment, or in sulphonylurea failures, either alone or in combination with a sulphonylurea and other oral agents or as adjuvant therapy in insulin dependent diabetes.

Product summary:

Visual Identification: White, film coated, round, biconvex, plain on one side and embossed '850' on the other side.; Container Type: Blister Pack; Container Material: PVC/PE/PVDC/Al; Container Life Time: 3 Years; Container Temperature: Store below 25 degrees Celsius

Authorization status:

Licence status A

Authorization date:

2004-11-10

Patient Information leaflet

Meditab Metformin CMI
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CONSUMER MEDICINE INFORMATION
Meditab Metformin (Metformin hydrochloride) Tablets 500 mg
Meditab Metformin (Metformin hydrochloride) Tablets 850 mg -
Meditab Metformin (Metformin hydrochloride) Tabiets1000mg
WHAT IS IN THIS LEAFLET?
Please read this leaflet carefully before you start to
take these tablets. Keep it until all the prescribed
course of Meditab Metformin tablets has been
finished, as you may want to read it again. This leaflet
may not contain all the information about this
medicine that you would like to know. It does not take
the place of talking to your doctor, pharmacist or
diabetes educator. If you have any concerns about
taking this medicine, please talk to your doctor or
pharmacist or diabetes educator. All medicines have
risks and benefits. Your doctor has weighed the risks
of you taking Meditab Metformin against the benefits
expected for you.
WHAT IS IN YOUR MEDICINE?
• Meditab Metformin 500 rng: Each film coated
tablet contains 500 mg of the active ingredient
metformin hydrochloride
• Meditab Metformin 850 mg: Each film coated
tablet contains 850 mg of the active ingredient
metformin hydrochloride
• Meditab Metformin 1000 mg: Each film coated
tablet contains 1000 mg of the active ingredient
metformin hydrochloride
• Other inactive ingredients. Sodium starch
glycollate, maize starch, povidone, colloidal
anhydrous silica, magnesium stearate,
hypromellose, titanium dioxide (E171), propylene
glycol, macrogol 6000 and purified talc.
WHAT IS YOUR MEDICINE FOR?
Meditab Metformin is one of the groups of medicines
called oral hypoglycaemics, which work by reducing
the level of sugar in the blood in people with diabetes
mellitus.
Diabetes Meilitus is a condition in which the blood
glucose levels are not adequately controlled.
There are two types of diabetes
• Type 1 which is called insulin dependent diabetes
or juvenile onset diabetes, when insulin alone is
not enough to control blood glucose levels.
• Type 2 which is called Non insulin Dependent
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