Dosage hours?

Question

How many hours apart shpuld a person wait to take metformin? I am on it twice a day and, my health care professional did not indicate how many hours to wait.

Answer 1

OMG!!! Were you just not listening? Or do you have a lousy health care professional? What does it say on the bottle?

If it's any help, I'm on it twice a day and my instructions are to take it 1/2 hour before breakfast and 1/2 before dinner. Hope that helps.

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Answer 2

Generally it is 12 hours apart however with a medication like that call your prescribing doctor to be sure, it really depends on your doctors knowledge of your blood sugar ups and downs.

Answer 3

I take mine 12 hours apart but individuals are different. I dont know what ranges your blood sugars are--better ask your doctor or call your pharmacist