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The SA in Metformin HCL 500 mg SA Tab is Sustained-Action

sus·tained-ac·tion tablet (s-stndkshn)

n. A tablet that releases its active ingredient in specified doses at timed intervals. Also called sustained-release tablets.The American Heritage® Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2007, 2004 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.


extended-release [ek-stend´ed-re-lēs´]

allowing a twofold or greater reduction in frequency of administration of a drug in comparison with the frequency required by a conventional dosage form.

Miller-Keane Encyclopedia and Dictionary of Medicine, Nursing, and Allied Health, Seventh Edition. © 2003 by Saunders, an imprint of Elsevier, Inc. All rights reserved.

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