HelloKitty216

HI Ladies.

I just started what I thought was Glucophage XR on Tuesday. Today I was looking at the bottle and it said Metformin ER .

I'm confused because I thought there was no generic for GlucoXR..and this said..A substitute for GlucXR.

If Met ER is a generic for Gluc XR...are there any differences at all?

Thanks for any input you can give...BethT.

nobimbo

The active drug is the same, the fillers may be different. The Met XR was just made available recently, and many have switched over to it. It is a lot cheaper!

Linda

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dx pcos 1984, type II diabetes 2001, also hypertension
Met 2000mg since 2001, started Glucophage XR 4/22/04, then switched to Met ER 6/04; also: multi, Vit. C, Vit. E, B12/folic acid combo, fish oil & borage oil combo, garlic capsules, cinnamon, Vitex, calcium with magnesium/zinc, biotin, CoQ10, selenium,iron
Other meds: Verapamil and Altace(for blood pressure)
Started laser hair removal 7/29/03, completed 3/04 (it works!)
UAE for fibroid 3/24/03 and 3/16/04

HelloKitty216

What are fillers?

nobimbo

Every medicine has active and inactive ingredients. The active ingredients is the actual medicine, and the inactive ingredients (fillers and binders) are what holds it all together. That's not a scientific explanation, sorry!

Linda

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dx pcos 1984, type II diabetes 2001, also hypertension
Met 2000mg since 2001, started Glucophage XR 4/22/04, then switched to Met ER 6/04; also: multi, Vit. C, Vit. E, B12/folic acid combo, fish oil & borage oil combo, garlic capsules, cinnamon, Vitex, calcium with magnesium/zinc, biotin, CoQ10, selenium,iron
Other meds: Verapamil and Altace(for blood pressure)
Started laser hair removal 7/29/03, completed 3/04 (it works!)
UAE for fibroid 3/24/03 and 3/16/04