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A single patient may receive multiple prescriptions per year, so the number of patients will be lower than the number of prescriptions. According to this source
by sacred_numbers 5y ago
A single patient may receive multiple prescriptions per year, so the number of patients will be lower than the number of prescriptions. According to this source the number of patients taking metformin is 17 million.
https://clincalc.com/DrugStats/Drugs/Metformin https://clincalc.com/DrugStats/Drugs/Metformin