Metformin or metformin hydrochloride, is the oral antihyperglycemic medicine used to manage people having type 2 diabetes. Generally, metformin improves the glucose tolerance among the people having type 2 diabetes as well as results in the lower postprandial or basal glucose levels. Metformin can easily achieve it by reducing absorption of the glucose & production of glucose and improving the insulin sensitivity.
The metformin tablets have the different use and mechanism compared to other drugs like glipizide but sometimes both are prescribed together. Metformin can be prescribed with the glimepiride and combined with the glyburide in medication Glucovance & linagliptin in medication Jentadueto. Metformin can be combined with drug dapagliflozin for forming Xigduo. Metformin is under investigation for different indications. Particularly, there’s huge interest in knowing how metformin may influence an aging process.
What Metformin tablets do?
People having type 2 diabetes cannot make enough of insulin and respond normally to insulin made by the bodies. When it happens, concentration of glucose increases in your blood. Metformin tablet acts in many different ways for reducing the higher levels of the sugar in blood. The metformin drug reduces production of glucose from your liver and reduces absorption of the glucose from intestine after having food when improving sensitivity of your body organs & muscles towards the insulin. It helps to improve uptake of the glucose from your blood. This helps the body to react better to insulin that it makes naturally.
Can I take Metformin?
Metformin tablet is generally used for treating people with type 2 diabetes. This is sometimes used as the preventative measure for the people having risk of developing the diabetes. Metformin tablet is generally used in the combination with the insulin for treating severe signs of type 2 diabetes. This isn’t prescribed for treatment of the type 1 diabetes. Suppose you’re allergic to the ingredients in this medication, you must not have it.
You must talk to the doctor before you start taking Metformin drug or if you:
- Experiencing dehydration from vomiting or diarrhoea
- Have uncontrolled diabetes
- Have infection
- Suffer from kidney, heart, and liver problems
- Breastfeeding
- Drink alcohol
Suppose you have diabetes, then alcohol will lower down the blood sugar for very long after you are drinking. Drinking can make it tough for the body to completely get rid of the lactic acid as fast that increases the lactic acidosis risk. You must ask the doctor if it’s safe before you drink when taking Metformin.