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A member asked:

What're benefits of glumetza? is it as good as metformin? i notice that it has ingredients of metformin.

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Basically the same: Glumetza is a brand of metformin. They are basically the same thing. Glumetza is a sustained release form of metformin.

Answered 6/25/2014

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