Metformin vs. Ozempic: What’s the Difference? Metformin (Fortamet, Glumetza) and semaglutide (Ozempic, Rybelsus) are medicines that treat type 2 diabetes. They both lower blood sugar, but they work ...

Different blood sugar medications can cause different side effects. Learn more about some of the serious possible side effects of common diabetes medications here.

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Side Effects Causes of GI Distress Treatment Tips and Prevention Switching Medicines Metformin — often the first drug prescribed to new patients with type 2 diabetes, and increasingly popular when ...

Interested in an oral alternative to Ozempic injections? You might be considering metformin, an FDA-approved type 2 diabetes medication that also results in weight loss. While a pill is certainly more ...

HealthDay News — For patients with type 2 diabetes, asymptomatic gastritis is associated with metformin-related gastrointestinal side effects, according to a study published in the Journal of Clinical ...

Adjunct to diet and exercise to improve glycemic control in patients with type 2 diabetes who are not adequately controlled on metformin or sitagliptin alone or in patients already being treated with ...

The diabetes drug metformin hydrochloride has been recalled because it contains excess levels of a cancer-causing agent, the US Food and Drug Administration announced this week. The drug’s ...

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 ...

One of the manufacturers of a Type 2 diabetes drug, Metformin Hydrochloride Extended-Release Tablets, extended its recall of its 500mg and 750 mg pills, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration reported ...