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Indicated in the treatment of Type 2 diabetes mellitus. It is used to supplement treatment by diet modification when such modification has not proved effective on its own. Metformin may be used as monotherapy or in combination with other oral antidiabetic agents or with insulin.
A reduction of diabetic complications has been shown in overweight Type 2 diabetic patients treated with metformin as first-line therapy after diet failure.
In Type 1 diabetes, metformin may be given as an adjuvant to patients whose diabetes are poorly controlled.
In children from 10 years of age and adolescents, Metformin 500 mg film-coated tablet may be used as monotherapy or in combination with insulin.
