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Medication concept

24 HR Metformin hydrochloride 500 MG Extended Release Oral Tablet

One medication code, shared across patients.

Provenance
Base cost
$5.62
median base cost
  • 396 people
  • 3.5% of all patients
  • top 13% across all medications, by people
  • 14,210 prescriptionsall medications: #7 of 349
  • $0 – $84 lowest to highest

Coding

Code
860975

What it treats

diagnosis concept Diabetes mellitus type 2
14,210 prescriptions

Prescriptions that recorded a reason; the rest recorded none.

Age at first prescription

24 HR Metformin hydrochloride 500 MG Extended Release Oral Tablet: median 55 across all medications: median 43

Age at first prescription Bar chart. Age at first prescription. 396 people in all; the largest group is 50 to 59 with 129; 24 HR Metformin hydrochloride 500 MG Extended Release Oral Tablet: median 55 years; across all medications: median 43 years. 0 50 100 20 to 29: 1 person 30 to 39: 33 people 40 to 49: 92 people 50 to 59: 129 people 60 to 69: 78 people 70 to 79: 45 people 80 to 89: 11 people 90 and over: 7 people 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100 years
Half of these people were 55 or older. Across all medications, half were 43 or older. The 50 to 59 hold the most, 129 people.

Prescriptions per person

Prescriptions per person Bar chart. Prescriptions per person. 5 categories; the largest is 11 to 50 with 190 people. once: 6 people once 6 2 to 3 times: 29 people 2 to 3 times 29 4 to 10: 87 people 4 to 10 87 11 to 50: 190 people 11 to 50 190 more than 50: 84 people more than 50 84
11 to 50, more than any other. 396 people in all.