metformin
Noun: * A prescription medication belonging to the class of biguanides, used as the first-line oral therapy to manage high blood sugar levels in individuals with type 2 diabetes mellitus. It works primarily by decreasing glucose production in the liver and improving the body's sensitivity to insulin.
Metformin is used to control blood sugar. * Example: "After her diagnosis, her doctor started her on metformin." * Example: "The most common side effect of metformin is gastrointestinal discomfort."
It is often discussed in the context of diabetes management. * Example: "Metformin is frequently the first medication prescribed for type 2 diabetes." * Example: "She takes 500 mg of metformin twice daily with meals."
- "To be on metformin": To be prescribed and taking metformin as part of a treatment regimen.
- Example: "He has been on metformin for five years to manage his diabetes."
- In medical literature, it may be referred to by its mechanism: "an insulin sensitizer" or "a hepatic glucose production inhibitor."
- Glucophage: A common trade name (brand name) for metformin.
- Biguanide: The class of drugs to which metformin belongs.
- Antidiabetic / Antihyperglycemic: General terms for drugs that lower blood glucose, describing metformin's function.
- Glucophage (trade name synonym)
- Oral hypoglycemic agent (functional description)
- To prescribe metformin
- To take/metformin dosage
- Metformin therapy/treatment
- Side effects of metformin
- Metformin and insulin resistance
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an antidiabetic drug (trade name Glucophage) prescribed to treat type II diabetes
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