Velmetia is used in patients with type-2 diabetes to improve the control of blood glucose (sugar) levels. It is used in addition to diet and exercise in the following ways: in patients who are not satisfactorily controlled on metformin (an antidiabetes medicine) used on its own;

Velmetia is indicated as an adjunct to diet and exercise to improve glycaemic control in patients inadequately controlled on their maximal tolerated dose of metformin alone or those already being treated with the combination of sitagliptin and metformin.

2025年1月7日 · Metformin is an antihyperglycemic agent which improves glucose tolerance in patients with type 2 diabetes, lowering both basal and postprandial plasma glucose. Metformin reduces hepatic glucose production by inhibiting gluconeogenesis and glycogenolysis, and stimulates intracellular glycogen synthesis by acting on glycogen synthase.

2025年3月26日 · VELMETIA is used to lower blood sugar levels in adults with diabetes mellitus. For more information, see Section 1. Why am I taking VELMETIA? in the full CMI. 2. What should I...

Velmetia is indicated as an adjunct to diet and exercise to improve glycaemic control in patients inadequately controlled on their maximal tolerated dose of metformin alone or those already being treated with the combination of sitagliptin and metformin.

Velmetia is indicated as triple combination therapy with a PPAR agonist (i.e. a thiazolidinedione) as an adjunct to diet and exercise in patients inadequately controlled on their maximal tolerated dose of metformin and a PPAR agonist.

What is Velmetia? Velmetia is a medicine that contains two active substances, sitagliptin and metformin hydrochloride. It is available as capsule-shaped tablets (pink: 50 mg sitagliptin and 850 mg metformin hydrochloride; red: 50 mg sitagliptin and 1,000 mg metformin hydrochloride).

2022年9月1日 · VELMETIA is used to lower blood sugar levels in adults with type 2 diabetes mellitus. VELMETIA can be taken alone or in combination with certain other medicines that lower blood sugar along with a recommended diet and exercise program. 2. What should I know before I take VELMETIA? Warnings. Do not take VELMETIA if:

Velmetia combines two antihyperglycaemic medicinal products with complementary mechanisms of action to improve glycaemic control in patients with type 2 diabetes: sitagliptin phosphate, a dipeptidyl peptidase 4 (DPP-4) inhibitor, and metformin hydrochloride, a member of …

2023年8月24日 · Velmetia helps to improve the levels of insulin after a meal and lowers the amount of sugar made by your body. Along with diet and exercise, this medicine helps lower your blood sugar. Velmetia can be used alone or with certain other medicines for diabetes (insulin, sulphonylureas, or glitazones).