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Metformin: New Preparations and Nonglycemic Benefits

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Metformin has been widely used for over 5 decades. New preparations have been developed for possible enhancement of efficiency, tolerability, and pleiotropic nonglycemic effects. Extended-release metformin has contributed to adherence and improved gastrointestinal tolerability. Delayed-release metformin acts in the lower gastrointestinal tract and exerts glucose-lowering effects at lower plasma metformin levels, which might suggest use of this biguanide in patients with chronic kidney disease

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English

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GLUMIN XR
Endocrine & Metabolic system
Glumin
Diabemin
Diabemin XR

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Curr Diab Rep (2017) 17: 5

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