One manufacturer of a widely-used drug to help diabetics produce insulin and help control their blood sugar recalled that drug on Wednesday because it contained levels of carcinogens higher than ...

Bayshore Pharmaceuticals announced Wednesday that it was voluntarily recalling two lots of the medication metformin, which is widely used by diabetics to control blood sugar levels. Metformin works by ...

November 8, 2010 — The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved the first and only once-daily combination tablet featuring saxagliptin and extended-release (XR) metformin HCl (Kombiglyze XR; ...

Sitagliptin, metformin (as HCl) ext-rel; 50mg/500mg, 50mg/1000mg, 100mg/1000mg; tabs. Individualize. Swallow whole. Take once daily with a meal, preferably in the evening. Not currently treated with ...

A cheap, widely available diabetes drug may soon pull double duty as a colon cancer-fighting supplement, according to new research that’s turning heads in the medical world. Metformin, a staple ...

Saxagliptin, metformin HCl (ext-rel); 5mg/500mg, 5mg/1000mg, 2.5mg/1000mg; tabs. Saxagliptin is a competitive DPP4 inhibitor that slows the inactivation of the incretin hormones, thereby increasing ...

The drumbeat of US recalls continues for various lots of extended-release metformin due to contamination with unacceptably high levels of a nitrosoamine that pose a cancer risk. On December 28, Viona ...

WHITEHOUSE STATION, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Merck (NYSE:MRK), known as MSD outside the United States and Canada, announced today that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved JANUMET ® XR ...

Synjardy has a boxed warning for the risk of lactic acidosis. This is a serious warning from the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). Due to this risk, doctors typically will not prescribe Synjardy in ...

The increasing popularity of weight loss drugs like Wegovy®, Ozempic, Mounjaro and metformin may have you wondering how all these options stack up. Are there benefits to one over the other? How do ...