This Medicine requires a physician's prescription.

Generic Name: Metformin HCI

Brand Name: Glucophage®XR

Strength: 750mg

Form: Extended Release Tablet

Manufacturer: Merck Santes .a.s

Imported by: Merck, Inc.

Classification: Antidiabetic Agents

Indication/Uses: Treatment of type 2 diabetes mellitus (non-insulin-dependent diabetes), particularly in overweight patients, when dietary management and exercise alone does not result in adequate glycemic control: in adults, metformin (Glucophage) may be used as monotherapy or in combination with other oral antidiabetic agents, or with insulin; in children from 10 years of age and adolescents, metformin (Glucophage) may be used as monotherapy or in combination with insulin.