Metformin is used together with diet and exercise to improve blood sugar control in adults with type 2 diabetes mellitus.
Gericap is a drug made in Pakistan. You need a doctor's prescription to buy it. But its analogues can be bought online anywhere in the world without going to a specialist.
Metformin is a complete analogue of Gericap. It has the same composition, dosage and methods of use. Also Metformin has a lower cost compared to Gericap.
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Side effects
Tell your doctor right away if you develop signs of kidney problems such as a change in the amount of urine. loss of concentration slowing the absorption of glucose from food in the gut a metallic taste in the mouth shortness of breath lightheadedness depression numbness or tingling of the skin loss of balance
Warnings
Follow your doctor's instructions about using this medicine if you are pregnant. Blood sugar control is very important during pregnancy, and your dose needs may be different during each trimester of pregnancy. Tell your doctor if you become pregnant while taking metformin.
Interactions
Ondansetron: May increase the serum concentration of MetFORMIN. Monitor therapy
Prothionamide: May enhance the hypoglycemic effect of Blood Glucose Lowering Agents. Monitor therapy
Direct Acting Antiviral Agents (HCV): May enhance the hypoglycemic effect of Antidiabetic Agents. Monitor therapy
Food interaction
Take with food to reduce gastric irritation.
Avoid alcohol.
Pregnancy
- The use of thiazides in pregnant women requires that the anticipated benefit be weighed against possible hazards to the fetus.
- Your doctor may change your diabetes treatment during your pregnancy.
- If you are planning pregnancy, become pregnant, or think you may be pregnant, discuss with your doctor right away the benefits and risks of using this medication during pregnancy.
Overview
People whose professions require a greater mental concentration may not worry, when taking Metformin there is no change in the central nervous system. However, it is necessary to limit debilitating physical activity, this may be a risk for the development of lactic acidosis.
Large-scale surgical interventions, as well as 2-3 degree burns, require the abolition of all antidiabetic drugs and the use of insulin only.
It is necessary to carefully study the instructions, make sure that you choose the right dose.
Terms of sale
Metformin can only be purchased as prescribed by the attending endocrinologist, without prescribing the drug by the family doctor without proper research, it can lead to side effects.
Storage conditions
Metformin must be stored in a dry, dark place, at a temperature of 15-25 degrees. When properly stored, an expiration date of approximately 3 years.
Keep out of reach of children. It is contraindicated to take after the expiration date.
Analogs
Glucophage - the first analogue of Metformin released in the USA.
Reviews
Among the reviews, most are positive. A convenient way to use, few side effects are features that are most appealing to consumers. The need to replace the drug during pregnancy is some of the inconvenience. Many patients with type 2 diabetes, polycystic ovary, prediabetes leave a lot of satisfied reviews.
It’s very profitable and cheap to buy the drug for several months, you can take it at a very favorable price if you buy several packages at once. And this is possible, because the family doctor checks the effectiveness of Metformin treatment once every half a year, not more often.
Consider a few real reviews:
My mother has diabetes, so I know that I need to monitor sugar levels. After another stress at work, I began to feel bad, I constantly wanted to sleep, and I went to the doctor. It turned out that the sugar level was elevated and the doctor prescribed Metformin to me, and also advised me to get at least minimal physical activity and follow a diet.
She started taking twice a day 500 milligrams of Metformin. Instructions for use described side effects and at first there was an upset stomach and pain in the abdomen. However, after a few days of taking these unpleasant moments passed. I want to eat less when taking the drug. A few weeks passed drowsiness, began to feel much better. Then she passed a sugar test and he, too, was normal. Metformin helped me. The instruction recommends drinking it only as open link by a doctor, so do not take the drug yourself.
After 30 years, she began to gradually gain weight, tried various gentle ways to lose it, but practically did not get the result. I found on the Internet that you can use Metformin for weight loss. Instructions for use do not recommend taking the drug to healthy people, but I decided to take a chance. Took him a month, during which time dropped 7 pounds. Metformin greatly reduces appetite. Also excluded from the Gericap sweet and flour. I am satisfied with the result, so far I am not gaining weight.
Four years ago, the doctor diagnosed polycystic ovary syndrome. I am married and during this time I could not get pregnant. There were constant problems with the cycle, I tried different drugs, but nothing really helped. When I once again rummaged through the Internet on one of the forums I saw how Metformin was advised in that case. Instructions for use classify the drug as antidiabetic, but I read that polycystosis is also being experimentally treated and that the results are encouraging. I decided to try.
I drank it intermittently, but in total I drank it for several months, at first there were side effects, but then they passed. And at the next examination, the doctor said that there are signs of pregnancy. I did not believe my ears! I went donated blood - and indeed, I will soon become a mother!
Although I took other drugs, I think Metformin helped me!
In Russia, the price of a drug varies from 100-220 rubles per blister. Let's consider the prices in more detail:
- Metformin tablets 500 mg, 60 Gericap. (manufacturer Gedeon Richter) - 95 rubles;
- Metformin tablets 500 mg, 60 pcs. (manufacturer Canonfarm, Russia) - 165 rubles;
- Metformin-Teva tablets 1000 mg, 30 pcs. (producer Teva, Israel) - 200 rubles;
- Metformin Richter tablets 500 mg, 60 pcs. (producer Gideon Richter, Hungary) - 215 rubles.
Prices in Ukraine from 22 to 380 hryvnia. Let's consider the prices in more detail:
- Metformin tablets 500 mg, 30 pcs. (producer Indar Ukraine) - 25 hryvnias;
- Metformin tablets 500 mg, 60 pcs. (producer Indar Ukraine) - 45 hryvnias;
- Metformin Sandoz tablets 500 mg, 120 pcs. (producer LEK S.A., Poland) - 280 hryvnias;
- Metformin Astrapharm tablets 500 mg, 60 pcs. - 45 hryvnia.
findings
Metformin is a well-studied drug used in many fields, created in the middle of the last century, and is still practically indispensable. Its effect on glucose metabolism changes the course of diabetes mellitus, preventing the development of vascular complications, which means it is an excellent prevention of acute myocardial infarction, ischemic and hemorrhagic strokes, diabetic angiopathy, neuropathy and nephropathy, and the development of diabetic foot. With the use of Metformin, the level and lifespan of diabetics has increased. New studies are conducted annually and newer and newer possibilities of the drug are revealed, when it had several prescriptions, today it seems to keep pace with the whole world.
