Metformin Hydrochloride (500 mg) [Metformin]

Drug brand Metformin Hydrochloride (500 mg) is being manufactured and marketed by Low Cost Standard Therapeutics (LOCOST). The main active ingredient or salt in this drug is Metformin. This drug comes in the form of Tablet. The general packing available for this medicine consists of 20 Tablet and is priced at Rs 18.00 (arround $0.252 US Dollar)

Generic :	Metformin
Pharma Company :	Low Cost Standard Therapeutics (LOCOST)
Brand Label :	Metformin Hydrochloride (500 mg)
Preparation Type :	Tablet
Single Dose :	1 Tablet
Composition :	Metformin-500 mg
Pack Size/Qty/Vol :	20 Tablet
Price Unit :	Rs 0.9
Price Pack :	Rs 18.00 INR (arround $0.252 US Dollar)

Drug details for Metformin Hydrochloride (500 mg)

Usage: Why is this medication prescribed?

The main active ingredient or salt in Metformin Hydrochloride (500 mg) is Metformin.

Metformin is used alone or with other medications, including insulin, to treat type 2 diabetes (condition in which the body does not use insulin normally and, therefore, cannot control the amount of sugar in the blood). Metformin is in a class of drugs called biguanides. Metformin helps to control the amount of glucose (sugar) in your blood. It decreases the amount of glucose you absorb from your food and the amount of glucose made by your liver. Metformin also increases your body's response to insulin, a natural substance that controls the amount of glucose in the blood. Metformin is not used to treat type 1 diabetes (condition in which the body does not produce insulin and therefore cannot control the amount of sugar in the blood).

Over time, people who have diabetes and high blood sugar can develop serious or life-threatening complications, including heart disease, stroke, kidney problems, nerve damage, and eye problems. Taking medication(s), making lifestyle changes (e.g., diet, exercise, quitting smoking), and regularly checking your blood sugar may help to manage your diabetes and improve your health. This therapy may also decrease your chances of having a heart attack, stroke, or other diabetes-related complications such as kidney failure, nerve damage (numb, cold legs or feet; decreased sexual ability in men and women), eye problems, including changes or loss of vision, or gum disease. Your doctor and other healthcare providers will talk to you about the best way to manage your diabetes.

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Generic Drug Substitutes for : Metformin Hydrochloride (500 mg)

There are 157 brands listed here as Generic Substitutes for Metformin Hydrochloride (500 mg), which have same salt or similar Generic composition (i.e. Metformin-500 mg).
Please note that one can request a doctor or pharmacist to substitute a generic version of the prescribed drug brand, if any. So far as quality and performance of generic version is concerned, mostly, Generics with the same active ingredient (here i.e. Metformin-500 mg), are just as appropriate and effective for patient treatment as otherwise, the prescribed branded one

Brand	Price (Rs.)	Brand	Price (Rs.)
Ali M (500 mg)	10.50	Asoformin (500 mg)	14.80
Asoformin SR (500 mg)	18.90	Atformin (500 mg)	20.00
Avimet (500 mg)	9.10	Axformin (500 mg)	450.00
B Form (500 mg)	15.00	Baymet (500 mg)	7.70
Bemet (500 mg)	8.31	Bidiab SR (500 mg)	21.00
Bigesens (500 mg)	9.50	Bigomet (500 mg)	8.85
Bigomet SR (500 mg)	14.20	Bigsens XR (500 mg)	12.70
Carbophage SR (500 mg)	33.00	Cetapin (500 mg)	6.69
Cetapin XR (500 mg)	33.00	Conformin (500 mg)	9.00
D Bay (500 mg)	7.00	D Met (500 mg)	11.00
D Met SR (500 mg)	19.00	Daomet SR (500 mg)	15.00
Dia MF (500 mg)	15.00	Diafer (500 mg)	10.20
Diafer ER (500 mg)	17.80	Diaformin (500 mg)	7.20
Diamet (500 mg)	9.50	Diamet SR (500 mg)	19.63
Diamin (500 mg)	8.56	Dibeta SR (500 mg)	16.38
Dibimet (500 mg)	9.50	Diform (500 mg)	7.40
Dior (500 mg)	10.80	Dokmet SR (500 mg)	15.02
Duomet ER (500 mg)	19.98	Emfor (500 mg)	9.08
Emfor SR (500 mg)	17.00	Emnorm (500 mg)	8.00
Estimet SR (500 mg)	21.90	Etformin (500 mg)	6.00
Eumet (500 mg)	11.00	Exermet (500 mg)	17.40
Exmet SR	19.00	Formet (500 mg)	7.00
Formet (500 mg) (Chemech)	7.00	Formin (500 mg)	8.00
Formin (500 mg) (Stadmed)	7.15	Forminal (500 mg)	6.45
Forminal SR (500 mg)	7.50	G Met (500 mg)	10.20
G Reg (500 mg)	8.90	G Reg (500 mg) (Diabetes)	11.70
G Reg SR (500 mg)	21.00	G Reg SR (500 mg) (Diabetes)	19.20
Gamaze (500 mg)	12.00	Genoformin 500	11.00
Getmet SR (500 mg)	14.70	Gluconorm SR (500 mg)	35.10
Gluformin (500 mg)	16.70	Gluformin XL SR (500 mg)	24.00
Glumet (500 mg)	6.96	Glumet EXT (500 mg)	6.50
Glumet XR (500 mg)	16.60	Glumin (500 mg)	7.50
Glyciphage (500 mg)	29.20	Glyciphage SR (500 mg)	22.15
Glyciz (500 mg)	8.00	Glycomet (500 mg)	16.95
Glycomet SR (500 mg)	34.86	Glyformin (500 mg)	6.00
Glyrep (500 mg)	7.30	Glyrep XL (500 mg)	7.30
Gremet (500 mg)	8.00	Insumet (500 mg)	8.03
Insumet SR (500 mg)	15.92	K Met SR (500 mg)	12.00
M Forlin (500 mg)	6.50	Matce (500 mg)	15.65
Matee (500 mg)	8.00	Matee SR (500 mg)	16.00
Medformin (500 mg)	7.00	Mefinda (500 mg)	11.90
Mefomin SR (500 mg)	16.90	Melmet (500 mg)	14.00
Melmet SR (500 mg)	36.00	Mesite XR (500 mg)	26.00
Met (500 mg)	6.00	Metaday (500 mg)	21.50
Metadoze IPR (500 mg)	16.00	Metafor (500 mg)	15.00
Metafort SR (500 mg)	17.42	Metagla (500 mg)	19.80
Metal (500 mg)	9.50	Metanorm (500 mg)	17.00
Metatime (500 mg)	9.90	Metatime XR (500 mg)	17.00
Metcalf SR (500 mg)	21.00	Metchek (500 mg)	7.63
Metco SR (500 mg)	21.00	Metcom (500 mg)	6.00
Metfor (500 mg)	7.15	Metformin Hydrochloride 500 mg (Jan Aushadhi)	5.00
Metglib (500 mg)	7.90	Metica (500 mg)	7.00
Metix (500 mg)	9.00	Metkap (500 mg)	6.80
Metlead SR (500 mg)	29.00	Metlife (500 mg)	6.50
Metlong (500 mg)	25.85	Metlong DS (500 mg)	13.00
Metme (500 mg)	9.50	Metme SR (500 mg)	17.50
Metmin (500 mg)	7.95	Metneed (500 mg)	6.85
Metsafe (500 mg)	13.00	Metsar SR (500 mg)	15.40
Metwa (500 mg)	12.00	MF SR (500 mg)	10.00
Minimet (500 mg)	11.80	Minimet SR (500 mg)	12.80
MR Met (500 mg)	18.00	MR Met IPR (500 mg)	19.90
Mthl (500 mg)	12.00	N Met (500 mg)	17.50
Nilconorm SR (500 mg)	19.00	Obimet (500 mg)	25.50
Obimet SR (500 mg)	25.00	Okamet (500 mg)	16.40
Omet (500 mg)	8.20	Oriphage SR (500 mg)	21.00
Ozomet (500 mg)	20.00	Q Met (500 mg)	12.50
Q Met XL (500 mg)	19.00	Redidrop (500 mg)	12.50
Redidrop SR (500 mg)	17.50	Redumet (500 mg)	19.00
Riomet OD (500 mg)	24.57	Rismet 500	24.90
Roftem SR (500 mg)	14.00	Serformin (500 mg)	6.35
Sugamet SR (500 mg)	52.50	Sumet ER (500 mg)	15.00
Tgmet SR (500 mg)	18.00	Tgmet SR (500 mg) (RSM Kilitch)	20.00
TGMT (500 mg)	20.00	Theraformin (500 mg)	0.80
Tormin (500 mg)	12.00	Walaphage (500 mg)	9.95
Walaphage SR (500 mg)	14.85	Wymet (500 mg)	11.00
Xmet (500 mg)	25.50	Xmet SR (500 mg)	29.61
Zetfor (500 mg)	7.00	Zinimet XL (500 mg)	12.90
Zoform SR (500 mg)	9.90	Zomet (500 mg)	6.51
Zomet SR (500 mg)	17.73

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