Metformin Amne

I had my prescription filled and it says 500mg er tab amne, underneath was typed
substituted for metformin 500 mg er tab wats, what's the difference

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Hello, Linda! How are you? Sorry about the confusion, pharmacies should really be a bit more precise, but I'm happy to clear this up for you. :-)

The only difference is the manufacturer, the original one was manufactured by Watson Pharmaceuticals, which is what the wats stands for and the new one is manufactured by Amneal Pharmaceuticals, as designated by the amne.

Rather than saying it's a substitute, they should really have just put a notice on it that it is the same medication, but may look different than that which you'd received before.

Learn more Metformin ER details here.

Is there anything else I can help with?

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