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Name for slow release Metformin please

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Hi all. Hope you are having a good day. Read lots on here about the slow release Metformin. Does it have a working name (like the original is Glucophage)? It sounds like the side (or should that be bottom) effects are more manageable than the original so I would like to have a name if possible. Thanks
 
You are okay to call it slow release.

Generically it is referred to as Metformin modified-release, but sometimes as slow-release, prolonged-release, or extended-release. Regular Metformin being immediate-release, or sometimes as standard-release.

Glucophage SR is the modified-release brand from Merck. Other brands are Bolamyn SR, Diagemet XL, Glucient SR, Glucorex SR, Meijumet SR, Metabet SR, Metuxtan SR, Sukkarto SR, and Yaltormin SR. Although Morningside Pharmaceuticals just call their Metformin modified release tablets as Metformin Modified-Release.
 
weecee said:
Hi all. Hope you are having a good day. Read lots on here about the slow release Metformin. Does it have a working name (like the original is Glucophage)? It sounds like the side (or should that be bottom) effects are more manageable than the original so I would like to have a name if possible. Thanks
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My CCG prefer people to have the Sukkarto SR but for a few years they recommened the Metabet SR. Previous to this I was prescribed no particular brand and was given whatever brand the Pharmacy had in stock.
 
If you particularly want Glugophage you need the doctor to put that on the prescription although I am not sure if they are still allowed to do that.
 
Thanks so much for the info folks.
 
Originally I was prescribed Metformin SR by name but a few years back the surgery changed the script to generic Metformin SR to save money so I've now had most brands with no problem.
 
I take these and mine are Glucophage SR. Not really noticed much difference from the standard Metformin but will give it a little longer before seeing if something else agrees with me more.
 
Loobyloo said:
I take these and mine are Glucophage SR. Not really noticed much difference from the standard Metformin but will give it a little longer before seeing if something else agrees with me more.
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They are the original brand of Metformin, and more expensive than the generic brands.
 
snowball12 said:
Mine are just Metformin Hydro something 1grm, two with dinner
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Hydrochloride, it is a type of salt. Many medications include some kind of salt to make them soluble and more easily absorbed into the blood. When hydrochloric acid is used to react with a compound to convert it into a salt then "hydrochloride" is added to its name. Even modified-release tablets have Metformin hydrochloride as the active ingredient.
 
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