Nazione: Australia
Lingua: inglese
Fonte: Department of Health (Therapeutic Goods Administration)
metformin hydrochloride, Quantity: 500 mg
Arrotex Pharmaceuticals Pty Ltd
Metformin hydrochloride
Tablet
Excipient Ingredients: hypromellose; magnesium stearate; colloidal anhydrous silica; macrogol 8000; titanium dioxide; microcrystalline cellulose; hyprolose; methylcellulose
Oral
500, 100
(S4) Prescription Only Medicine
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.
Visual Identification: White to off-white, round, biconvex, film-coated tablet, scored and engraved "M" over European bisect "500" on one side. Plain on the other side.; Container Type: Bottle; Container Material: HDPE; Container Life Time: 36 Months; Container Temperature: Store below 25 degrees Celsius
Licence status A
2010-04-07