Sukkarta

[Symes]

Had a letter from my doctors today saying they were taking me off Metformin, and putting me on something called Sukkarta instead, because it was more "cost effective".

Naturally, being put on a cheaper medication worries me, yet I can't find anything online about this new medication.

Has anyone here heard of Sukkarta? Or are you on it?

Any advice much appreciated.

 

[urbanracer]

Odd! Difficult to believe that they are giving you a drug with no published data and not even listed on the NHS website, unless there's a major typo in the name?

 

[Symes]

Yep, I made an error! It's Sukkarto, not Sukkarta!

 

[phoenix]

It is metformin. I didn't spend long but all the references I found were for Sukkarto SR which is a prolonged release version.
http://www.mims.co.uk/drugs/diabetes/oral-and-parenteral-hypoglycaemics/sukkarto-sr
yes and it seems to come as non prolonged release as well
http://patient.info/medicine/metformin-for-diabetes

 

[Symes]

That's great, thanks Phoenix