Metformin
biguanide · oral antidiabetic
Our referenceWhat this medicine is for
Pharmacologically, Metformin relates to the category “biguanide (oral antidiabetic)”. Metformin reduces the production of sugar by the liver and improves the body's response to insulin. It is the reference treatment for type 2 diabetes, taken every day.
For Metformin, in practice: Helps control blood sugar in type 2 diabetes. It is generally taken over the long term, within regular monitoring, and is not stopped on your own initiative.
Under which brands it is found
Metformin is part of the composition of about 41 presentations listed in France. It is available under various trade names and as generics.
- Glimezit
- Glucophage
- Glucovance
- Janumet
- Metformine Accord
- Metformine Almus
- Metformine Arrow Lab
- Metformine Bgr
- Eucreas
- Metformine Eg Labo
- Metformine Viatris
- Vildagliptine/Metformine Biogaran
- and other presentations
Original brand-name products and generics deliver the same active substance; the choice between them is made with your doctor or pharmacist.
Our product for this treatment
You take Metformin. For people who follow this type of treatment every day, we have designed a dedicated product.
Layer Add Metformin
B12 as methylcobalamin, active folates, thiamine.
B12 1,000 µg · Folate 100 µg · Thiamine 50 mg
One bottle, one dose per day. Reduced price from the second box, free delivery from two boxes.
Further reading
The literature on the nutrient
- Vitamin B12 in Foods, Food Supplements, and Medicines, A Review of Its Role and Properties with a Focus on Its Stability
- Systematic Review and Pragmatic Clinical Approach to Oral and Nasal Vitamin B12 (Cobalamin) Treatment in Patients with Vitamin B12 Deficiency Related to Gastrointestinal Disorders
- Oral cobalamin (vitamin B12) treatment. An update
These studies concern the nutrient itself, its role, its forms, its bioavailability. They do not concern this medicine and assert no link between it and a nutrient requirement.
Talk about it in the community
Others are on the same treatment and share their daily life: what they feel, their questions, the little routines they set up. You read lived experience here, not recommendations.
Related molecules
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