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Counselling Simulator · foundations

Starting metformin

The patient in front of you has just been dispensed Metformin. Counsel them in plain language; check their understanding before you finish. Their concerns are theirs to reveal, not yours to read.

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So I have to be on pills now. My cousin says these ones wreck your stomach, and will I be passing out from low sugar in the kitchen?

Tip: check understanding before you finish. Ask the patient to repeat the plan back.

Drug page: find Metformin in the Drug Explorer to study its counselling points before or after a session.