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Glucophage

Description: Glucophage is an oral antidiabetic medication used to treat type 2 (non-insulin-dependent) diabetes. Diabetes develops when the body proves unable to burn sugar and the unused sugar builds up in the bloodstream. Glucophage lowers the amount of sugar in your blood by decreasing sugar production and absorption and helping your body respond better to its own insulin, which promotes the burning of sugar. It does not, however, increase the body"s production of insulin.

Glucophage was made to be used to control adult onset diabetes. This drug is will increase the body"s ability to transport glucose into the muscle cells much better by increasing insulin sensitivity. This substance will also inhibit the body"s formation of sugar by the liver whereby lowering insulin secretion in the body. This substance is very similar to phenformin that is also an oral hypoglycemic except that phenformin is considered the harsher of the two compounds. Phenformin is considered to be from 5 - 10 times stronger than Glucophage at what it does for the body on a mg. per mg. comparison. Glucophage has signifigantly less side effects than phenformin has as well. The chance for an overdose causing hypoglycemia with the use of Glucophage is dose related whereas you almost have to take a lethal dose. It is common knowledge that Glucophage will increase insulin sensitivity as well. As far as bodybuilders are concerned, this product is used as an oral form of insulin. It will cause greater glycogen supercompensation during carb-ups as well as lowering blood glucose for those that are using the BodyOpus or Atkins diet to induce ketosis more easily. Common side effects of Glucophage are a metallic taste in the mouth, nausea, and vomiting. This will become on the next big drugs used by professional bodybuilders in the coming years for its ability as a repartitioning agent and blood glucose disposal agent. Effective Dose: 1,700 mg. per day in divided doses.You have to take this with meals and with water to avoid stomach upset.

Chemical name: Metformin

Chem. Abstr. Name: 1-(diaminomethylidene)-3,3-dimethyl-guanidine

Molecular Weight: 129.164g/mol

Molecular Structure: C₄H₁₁N₅

CAS Number: 657-24-9

Merck Index Number:

Metabolism: none

Excretion: Renal tubular excretion by OCT2

Elimination Half Life: 6 hours