What are metformin tablets (Glucophage)?
METFORMIN (Glucophage) is a medicine used to treat type 2 diabetes mellitus. Treatment is combined with a balanced diet and exercise. This medicine lowers blood sugar and helps your body to use insulin more efficiently. It is sometimes used with other medicines for diabetes. Generic metformin (Glucophage) tablets are available. What should my health care professional know before I take metformin (Glucophage)? They need to know if you have any of these conditions: frequently drink alcohol or alcohol-containing beverages become easily dehydrated heart attack heart failure that is treated with medications hormone changes or problems kidney disease liver disease polycystic ovaries serious infection or injury thyroid disease undergoing surgery or certain x-ray procedures with injectable contrast agents an unusual or allergic reaction to metformin (Glucophage), other medicines, foods, dyes, or preservatives pregnant or trying to get pregnant breast-feeding How should I take this medicine (Gl
