DIAMET

This brand name is authorized in Nigeria. It is also authorized in Singapore, Turkey.

Active ingredients

The drug DIAMET contains one active pharmaceutical ingredient (API):

1	Metformin UNII 786Z46389E - METFORMIN HYDROCHLORIDE
	Metformin is a biguanide with antihyperglycaemic effects, lowering both basal and postprandial plasma glucose. It does not stimulate insulin secretion and therefore does not produce hypoglycaemia.
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Packages

This drug has been approved in Nigeria as follows:

Identifier	Form	Presentation	Description	Approval
04-7945	Tablet	Diamet Tablet TAB 500 mg 614	Diamet Tablet METFORMIN HYDROCHLORIDE 500MG Metformin Hydrochloride 500mg Povidone k90 14mg Magnesium Stearate 3mg Apr-45 Drugs ALIMENTARY TRACT AND METABOLISM Nigerian Products 614 POM 1 30/01/2023 MAY & BAKER NIGERIA PLC, SAPARA STREET, INDUSTRIAL ESTATE, IKEJA LAGOS LAGOS 18980079 tooluwasanmi@gmail.com May & Baker Nigeria Plc, P.M.B 21049, Ikeja, Lagos., Nigeria	26/04/2023
A4-2607	Prolonged-release tablet	DIAMET SR 500MG TABLET TAB_DR 500 mg 10 X 10	29 CMS-PP-336820 DIAMET SR 500MG TABLET METFORMIN HYDROCHLORIDE BP 500MG Metformin Hcl 500mg Sodium CMC 29.71mg HPMC K100 232.50mg Magnesium Stearate 6.20mg Aerosil 6.59mg A4-2607 Drugs Nigerian Products 1010 POM 1 6/20/2023 MAY & BAKER NIGERIA PLC, SAPARA STREET, INDUSTRIAL ESTATE, IKEJA LAGOS LAGOS 18980079 tooluwasanmi@gmail.com May & Baker Nigeria Plc., 1 MAY & BAKER AVENUE, OTA OGUN STATE, Nigeria	28/09/2023
A4-2608	Prolonged-release tablet	DIAMET SR 1000MG TABLET TAB_DR 1000 mg 3x10	30 CMS-PP-336832 DIAMET SR 1000MG TABLET METFORMIN HYDROCHLORIDE BP 1000MG Metformin Hydrochloride BP 100.00 Sodium CMC 59.42 Purified Water Q.S Metformin Hydrochloride BP 900.00 HPMC K100 465.00 Magnesium Stearate 12.40 Aerosil 200 13.18 A4-2608 Drugs Nigerian Products 310 POM 1 6/20/2023 MAY & BAKER NIGERIA PLC, SAPARA STREET, INDUSTRIAL ESTATE, IKEJA LAGOS LAGOS 18980079 tooluwasanmi@gmail.com May & Baker Nigeria Plc., 1 MAY & BAKER AVENUE, OTA OGUN STATE, Nigeria 2.34019E+11	28/09/2023

Medicine classification

This drug has been classified in the anatomical therapeutic chemical (ATC) classification system as follows:

ATC Group		Classification
A10BA02	Metformin	A Alimentary tract and metabolism → A10 Drugs used in diabetes → A10B Blood glucose lowering drugs, excl. insulins → A10BA Biguanides
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Authorization and marketing

This drug has been assigned below unique identifiers within the countries it is being marketed:

Country	Identification scheme	Identifier(s)
NG	Registered Drug Product Database	04-7945, A4-2607, A4-2608
SG	Health Sciences Authority	12343P
TR	İlaç ve Tıbbi Cihaz Kurumu	8699541095273, 8699541095280