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round white tablet with gp 124 on it thought it was for surgar not sure? help!!!

Hi! This sounds like Metformin HCl Tab 500 MG (with the "GP" standing for Geneva Pharmaceuticals).

According to the Drugs.com Advanced Consumer Information, Metformin is "used to treat a type of diabetes mellitus (sugar diabetes) called type 2 diabetes. With this type of diabetes, insulin produced by the pancreas is not able to get sugar into the cells of the body where it can work properly. Using metformin alone, with a type of oral antidiabetic medicine called a sulfonylurea, or with insulin, will help to lower blood sugar when it is too high and help restore the way you use food to make energy."