Metformin and other antidiabetic drugs may help reduce the risk of dementia in patients with type 2 diabetes byElsevier Results show that the first-line antidiabetic drug metformin and the second-line sodium glucose co-transporter-2 (SGLT-2) inhibitors lower the risk of dementia and AD. Sulfony...
Many commonly prescribed medications for patients with type 2 may be much less effective at preventing cardiovascular disease and death than oral metformin, Danish researchers revealed in the this week. Diabetes drugs, such as glimepiride, glibenclamide (USA, Canada: glyburide), known as ISs (...
Guestover a year ago Hi. I have type 2 diabetes and I`m on Metformin. I think I took an overdose. I woke up with a bad headache, and whole day I feel dizzy and weak. I sweat a lot. Maybe those symptoms are just side effects of Metformin? I have never had any side effect rela...
Long-term use of metformin was not associated with an altered relative risk of RCC (30 prescriptions, adjusted odds ratio 1.18, 95% confidence interval 0.88-1.58), nor was use of other antidiabetic drugs. Results in the sensitivity analysis including only diabetic cases and controls were largely...
improved glucose uptake in liver, muscle, and fat cells but also significantly reduced fat accumulation in high-fat diet (HFD)-induced obese mice. Unlike metformin, HPH-15 exhibited additional antifibrotic properties, potentially addressing liver fibrosis and other complications often seen in diabetes ...
Metabolic syndrome is associated with chronic diseases, including type 2 diabetes, cardiovascular diseases, and cancer. This review summarizes the current evidence on the antitumor effects of some relevant drugs currently used to manage metabolic-related pathologies (i.e. insulin and its analogs, metfo...
Medical research is now showing that there are natural alternatives to this and other drugs for treating PCOS, diabetes or metabolic syndrome. So if you're uncomfortable with the idea of taking Glucophage for years to come, or you've tried it but can't tolerate its side effects, take a ...
Metformin is one of the most commonly prescribed drugs for management of Type 2 diabetes mellitus. It has been in use for almost five decades. Now, pharmacological properties of this agent are being exapted for use in a number of other indications. New facets of its personality are coming up...
Conclusion: Among diabetics with CRC, metformin use is associated with improved survival, despite adjustments for diabetes severity and other risk factors. Impact: These data lend further support to the conduct of randomized studies of possible anti-cancer effects of metformin among patients with CRC....
"If you have type 2 diabetes, effectively managing it with metformin or with other anti-diabetic medications plus lifestyle interventions may reduce dementia risk and protect your brain from cognitive decline," Hara noted. It's too early to say that stopping metformin will increase the chances of...