Medication
Metformin
DIN 02353385 · Sanis Health Inc
What it is
- Active ingredients
- Metformin Hydrochloride — 850 mg
- Form and route
- Tablet · Oral
- Schedule
- PRESCRIPTION
- Authorised since
- 2010-07-26
Source: Health Canada — Drug Product Database. Data current as of 2026-08-12.
Products with the same active ingredient
- Riva-Metformin
- Sandoz Metformin FC
- Teva-Metformin
- Pro-Metformin
- Mar-Metformin
- Jamp Metformin
- Metformin
- Mint-Metformin
- Auro-Metformin
- AG-Metformin
- Metformin Tablets
- PRZ-Metformin
- Nra-Metformin
- M-Metformin
Grouped by Health Canada’s active-ingredient group number. Products in a group do not always share a strength — check the strength above against your own. Sharing an active ingredient does not mean two products can be substituted for each other: whether a substitution is permitted is a provincial decision, and this page does not show it. Ask a pharmacist.
Ontario Drug Benefit coverage
As of 31 July 2026Off-formulary interchangeable Part III-B
Ontario has designated this product interchangeable with a brand product, but it is not an ODB benefit — Part III-B, Off-Formulary Interchangeable. Ontario does not pay for it under the benefit list.
Source: Ontario Ministry of Health — ODB Formulary. Data current as of 2026-07-28. Ontario only. Formulary edition 4342, effective 31 July 2026.
Products Ontario considers interchangeable
As of 31 July 2026Ontario groups these products together at 850mg Tab and will substitute one for another at a pharmacy counter in Ontario.
- Auro-Metformin 02438283Auro Pharma Inc
- Jamp Metformin 02380218Jamp Pharma Corporation
- M-Metformin 02547775Mantra Pharma Inc
- Mar-Metformin 02378639Marcan Pharmaceuticals Inc
- Metformin 02385368Sivem Pharmaceuticals ULC
- Mint-Metformin 02388774Mint Pharmaceuticals Inc
- Nra-Metformin 02536447Nora Pharma Inc
- PRZ-Metformin 02531909Pharmaris Canada Inc
- Sandoz Metformin FC 02246821Sandoz Canada Incorporated
- Teva-Metformin 02257734Teva Canada Limited
Ontario lists 8 further products in this group that are not currently marketed in Canada. They are not shown.
This is Ontario’s designation, under the Ontario Drug Benefit program, and it applies in Ontario. It is a different statement from the same-active-ingredient list above, which is Health Canada’s grouping and carries no substitution meaning at all. No other province’s rules are shown on this page, and a designation here is not a recommendation to switch — that is a conversation with a pharmacist or prescriber.
Source: Ontario Ministry of Health — ODB Formulary. Data current as of 2026-07-28. Ontario only. Formulary edition 4342, effective 31 July 2026.
How it is classified
- Anatomical main group
- Alimentary tract and metabolism
- ATC code
- A10BA02
The Anatomical Therapeutic Chemical code records the body system a medicine acts on and its chemical grouping. It is not a statement of what this medication treats, and nothing on this page is. For the full classification of A10BA02, see the WHO ATC/DDD Index.
Recalls and safety alerts
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