People living with type 2 diabetes may know all about metformin, which is an oral medication taken to manage this health ...

While metformin for type 2 diabetes is safe during this transition, there are some particular benefits and side effects to ...

Serious side effects of metformin are rare. Less serious side effects, like digestive issues and headaches, are common, but these usually go away with time. You can reduce the chances of side ...

Table 1. Ambulatory systolic and diastolic blood pressures before treatment (at the end of the placebo run-in period) and after treatment with either metformin (1500 mg/day) or placebo ...

Timing is everything for many things in life — including when to take medication like metformin, sold under the brand names ...

TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Groundbreaking research has revealed that metformin, a common diabetes drug, may reduce the adverse side-effects of hormone therapy used in prostate cancer treatments.

Metformin use, compared with no use, was associated with a lower risk for uterine fibroids among women with diabetes.

One theory is that metformin has anti-tumor side effects because it lowers insulin levels and keeps tumor cells from multiplying. Still, more research is needed. According to one study ...

In the current study, they found that metformin increased the number of cells with the HIV virus while preventing the virus from leaving the cells. They note that these effects could be used to ...

Patients aged 10 to 17 years who are prescribed glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists (GLP-1 RAs) are more likely to have ...

Patients aged 10 to 17 years who are prescribed glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists (GLP-1 RAs) are more likely to have comorbid type 2 diabetes, high body mass index, and a previous metformin ...