From research and past convos I see that the XR formulation should *not* be cut in half - the reason being it essentially will dissolve faster and not as per the XR spec. I don’t see how this really matters. If you are in XR because of gastro tolerance issues then yes I can see cutting the pill can reintroduce this. This is not an issue for me. If I have no gastro issues with standard then why would cutting the XR be a problem?
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Type 2 Ok to cut metformin xr pill in half?
- Thread starter elGato007
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Honeyblossom
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The problem with cutting any MR /XL medication in half means the dose is not evenly distributed over the 12 hours. So you have too much / or not enough. Depending on the medication it also depends which part of the GI tract it dissolves in and like you said the rate of absorption.
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We are not allowed to recommend changes to meds. Always best to take meds as prescribed, @elGato007 . Though perhaps ask your doctor if you really need to have the XR version if you can tolerate the standard Metformin?
