Source: Medicines & Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency (GB) Revision Year: 2022 Publisher: Merck Serono Limited, 5 New Square, Bedfont Lakes Business Park, Feltham, Middlesex, TW14 8HA, UK
GLUCOPHAGE 500 mg film-coated tablets.
GLUCOPHAGE 850 mg film-coated tablets.
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Film-coated tablet. Glucophage 500 mg: White, circular, convex film-coated tablets 11 mm in diameter and 5.7 mm high, engraved with GL 500. Glucophage 850 mg: White, circular, convex film-coated tablets 13.5 mm in diameter and 6.6 mm high, engraved with GL 850. |
Glucophage 500 mg: One film-coated tablet contains 500 mg metformin hydrochloride corresponding to 390 mg metformin base.
Glucophage 850 mg: One film-coated tablet contains 850 mg metformin hydrochloride corresponding to 662.9 mg metformin base.
For the full list of excipients, see section 6.1.
| Active Ingredient | Description | |
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| Metformin |
Metformin is a biguanide with antihyperglycaemic effects, lowering both basal and postprandial plasma glucose. It does not stimulate insulin secretion and therefore does not produce hypoglycaemia. |
| List of Excipients |
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Tablet core: Povidone K 30 Film-coating: Hypromellose |
1 (x100), 9, 20, 21, 30, 40, 50, 56, 60, 84, 90, 100, 120, 200, 500, 600 or 1000 tablets in blister packs (PVC-aluminium)
21, 30, 40, 50, 60, 100, 120, 300, 400, 500, 600 or 1000 tablets in plastic bottles (high-density polyethylene) with child-resistant caps (polypropylene).
Not all pack sizes may be marketed.
1 (x 100), 8, 9, 10,14, 20, 21, 30, 40, 50, 56, 60, 84, 90, 100, 120, 300, 600 or 1000 tablets in blister packs (PVC-aluminium)
30, 60, 200, 300 or 600 tablets in plastic bottles (high-density polyethylene) with caps (polypropylene),
Not all pack sizes may be marketed.
Merck Serono Limited, 5 New Square, Bedfont Lakes Business Park, Feltham, Middlesex, TW14 8HA, UK
PL 11648/0085-86
17 January 2015
| Drug | Countries | |
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| GLUCOPHAGE | Albania, Austria, Canada, Cyprus, Germany, Estonia, Finland, France, Hong Kong, Croatia, Ireland, Italy, Malta, Nigeria, Poland, Romania, Singapore, Tunisia, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States, South Africa |
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