iMedix Medical Content Engine 3.13.37

Ingredient

Metformin

Small molecule Biguanide

Identity

Verified ingredient identity
Metformin
Entity type
Small molecule
Pharmacological class
Biguanide
Salt forms
  • Metformin hydrochloride

Found in verified medicines 5 verified medicines

Single-ingredient medicines 2

Products whose only active ingredient is Metformin

  • Metformin as Metformin hydrochloride Drug Status Prescription Only · Form Oral Tablet & Extended-Release Tablet · Strength 500 mg, 850 mg, 1000 mg
  • Glumetza as Metformin hydrochloride Drug Status Prescription Only

Combination medicines 3

Products that contain Metformin together with other active ingredients

  • Janumet as Metformin hydrochloride with Sitagliptin Drug Status Prescription Only · Form Tablets
  • Invokamet as Metformin hydrochloride with Canagliflozin Drug Status Prescription Only
  • Xigduo XR as Metformin hydrochloride with Dapagliflozin Drug Status Prescription Only

Product facets

Single-ingredient medicines
2
Combination medicines
3
Distinct partner ingredients
3
Dosage forms
  • Oral Tablet & Extended-Release Tablet
  • Tablets
Strengths from single-ingredient medicines
  • 500 mg
  • 850 mg
  • 1000 mg
Partner ingredients

Scientific reference data

UNII
9100L32L2N
PubChem CID
4091
RxNorm
6809
iMedix entity id
ing_000089

Data provenance

Ingredient identity
Verified by the iMedix ingredient vocabulary
Medicine mappings
5 verified medicine relationships
Sources
Verified structured records
Technical details
Entity source
seed seed:v1.1
Alias sources
seed: 1
Mapping methods
exact_alias: 2 · raw_rule: 3
Relationship sources
seed seed:v1.1: 5
Graph version
7
Public index evaluated
2026-10-16 14:08:41 UTC