DIAFORMIN XR 500 metformin hydrochloride 500 mg extended release tablet blister pack

Country: Australia

Language: English

Source: Department of Health (Therapeutic Goods Administration)

Active ingredient:

metformin hydrochloride, Quantity: 500 mg

Available from:

Alphapharm Pty Ltd

Pharmaceutical form:

Tablet, modified release

Composition:

Excipient Ingredients: hypromellose; magnesium stearate; carmellose sodium

Administration route:

Oral

Units in package:

100 Tablets, 30 Tablets, 120 Tablets, 60 Tablets, 10 Tablets (Starter Pack), 90 Tablets

Prescription type:

(S4) Prescription Only Medicine

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. Diaformin XR 500 may be used as monotherapy or in combination with other oral antidiabetic agents, or with insulin.

Product summary:

Visual Identification: White to off-white, round, biconvex tablet, debossed with 500 on one side.; Container Type: Blister Pack; Container Material: PVC/PVDC/Al; Container Life Time: 3 Years; Container Temperature: Store below 25 degrees Celsius

Authorization status:

Registered

Authorization date:

2019-08-08