Metformin
Metformin is a long-established prescription medication used in metabolic care. The pharmacy dispenses it as a 500mg tablet, 90 per supply. A licensed provider reviews your labs, kidney function and current medications before prescribing.
Pharmacy shipping: $20 added once per medication order.
About this treatment
Help your body manage blood sugar.
Metformin can lower elevated blood sugar by reducing glucose production in the liver and helping the body respond to insulin. It can support a metabolic care plan built around your blood tests, health history, eating and activity.
Reduce the amount of glucose reaching the bloodstream
Metformin reduces glucose production by the liver and improves insulin sensitivity, helping the body take up and use glucose. For someone with type 2 diabetes, the goal is better blood-sugar control alongside food and activity changes.
Discuss prevention when glucose is already elevated
In the Diabetes Prevention Program, metformin helped delay the development of type 2 diabetes in high-risk adults. The study also found benefit from an intensive lifestyle program. Your glucose results and risk factors help determine whether a prevention discussion is relevant to you.
Follow the measurements that matter
Follow-up can track glucose, A1c and how the medicine feels, rather than relying on day-to-day weight changes. Diarrhea and nausea are common early tolerability issues. Let your care team know if they interfere with eating, drinking or continuing the prescription.
Keep kidney function and B12 in view
Kidney function needs assessment because impaired clearance increases the risk of rare, serious lactic acidosis. Tell the team about heavy alcohol use, major illness and planned contrast scans or surgery so they can advise on any treatment interruption. Longer-term treatment can lower B12, making monitoring important.
Research and product information
Oral metformin is FDA-approved for type 2 diabetes. Its use to delay diabetes in selected high-risk adults is off-label; the Diabetes Prevention Program studied people with overweight, elevated fasting glucose and abnormal glucose-tolerance tests, rather than the general population.
- Metformin hydrochloride tablets: prescribing information
- Diabetes Prevention Program: metformin and lifestyle intervention
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Your path to Metformin
Complete the assessment
Share your labs, medications, and health history in the patient portal.
Provider review
A licensed provider reviews kidney function and interactions before prescribing.
Care coordination
Your care team coordinates the prescription after provider approval.
About this treatment
What it is
An oral prescription medication in the biguanide class, dispensed as a 500mg tablet. Your provider decides whether it fits your plan and sets the schedule.
Who it's for
Adults whose provider decides metformin fits after reviewing their labs, kidney function and current medications.
Forms we dispense
Tablet 500mg
A licensed provider reviews your history and requests labs when clinically appropriate before prescribing.
Prescriptions are coordinated with our licensed US pharmacy partner, with dosing supplies included when needed.
We do not sell pharmaceuticals online. Every prescription comes after a full provider review.
