✅ Product Benefits

1. Convenient once-daily dosing – 500 mg ER tablet taken with the evening meal simplifies therapy and improves adherence 

2. Improved GI tolerability – Extended-release formulation reduces gastrointestinal side effects (nausea, diarrhea) compared to immediate-release metformin .

3. Effective glycemic control – Reduces hepatic glucose output, delays intestinal absorption, and enhances insulin sensitivity to lower both fasting and postprandial glucose  

4. Flexible up-titration schedule – Can be uptitrated by 500 mg weekly up to 2000 mg once daily. If needed, shifted to 1000 mg twice daily for optimized control .

5. Treatment for children (10+ years) – Approved for use in adolescents and adults as monotherapy or combined with insulin or other antidiabetic drugs .

6. Low hypoglycemia risk – No insulin secretion stimulation means low risk of hypoglycemia when used alone 

   Supports weight neutrality – Does not cause weight gain and may modestly promote weight loss .

7. Affordable & widely available – Approximately ৳0.60 per tablet (৳6 for strip of 10), stocked across pharmacies and e-commerce platforms in Bangladesh .

8. Kidney-friendly with caution – Safe if eGFR ≥30 mL/min; avoid initiation if renal function is severely impaired; monitor regularly to prevent lactic acidosis