Melmet 500 SR Tablet

Description

Melmet 500 SR Tablet is an antidiabetic medicine used to control high blood sugar levels in people with type 2 diabetes. The SR (sustained release) formulation releases the medicine slowly, reducing stomach discomfort and maintaining steady sugar control. It improves the body’s response to insulin and reduces sugar production in the liver.

Uses:

• Type 2 diabetes management

• Controls high blood sugar

• Helps prevent complications like kidney damage, nerve problems, heart disease

• Supports weight control

• Improves insulin sensitivity

Dosage:

• Usually once or twice daily with meals (doctor decides)

• Start with low dose to reduce stomach side effects

• Take regularly for best results

• Do not stop without medical advice

How to Use:

• Take the tablet after food

• Swallow whole; do not crush or chew (affects SR release)

• Take at the same time daily

• Follow diet and exercise along with medication

Precautions:

• Avoid alcohol (risk of lactic acidosis)

• Inform doctor if you have kidney or liver disease

• Not recommended in severe dehydration, infections, or before surgery

• Regularly monitor blood sugar

• Stop and inform doctor if you develop vomiting, stomach pain, or breathing difficulty

• Safe but use cautiously in elderly patients

Side Effects:

• Stomach pain

• Nausea, vomiting

• Diarrhea

• Loss of appetite

• Metallic taste

• Weakness

• Rare: Lactic acidosis (serious but uncommon)