METFORMIN PFIZER metformin hydrochloride 1000 mg tablets Bottle

Active ingredient:

metformin hydrochloride, Quantity: 1000 mg

Available from:

Amneal Pharma Australia Pty Ltd

INN (International Name):

Metformin hydrochloride

Pharmaceutical form:

Tablet, film coated

Composition:

Excipient Ingredients: povidone; magnesium stearate; hypromellose; macrogol 6000; macrogol 400

Administration route:

Oral

Units in package:

100

Prescription type:

(S4) Prescription Only Medicine

Therapeutic indications:

Metformin is indicated in the treatment of type 2 diabetes mellitus in adults, children from 10 years of age and adolescents, particularly in overweight patients, when dietary management and exercise alone does not result in adequate glycaemic control.,For adult patients, metformin may be used as initial treatment or in sulfonylurea failures either alone or in combination with a sulfonylurea and other oral agents or as adjuvant therapy in insulin requiring type 2 diabetes.

Product summary:

Visual Identification: White, biconvex, oval shaped, film coated tablets with a score line in between '6' and '2' on one side and 'A' debossed on the other side; Container Type: Bottle; Container Material: HDPE; Container Life Time: 2 Years; Container Temperature: Store below 25 degrees Celsius

Authorization status:

Licence status A

Authorization date:

2011-11-24