Metformin is a safe and effective treatment for women with gestational diabetes mellitus,a study published this week in The New England Journal of Medicine confirms(2008;358:2003).Researchers randomly assigned 751 women with gestational diabetes at 20 to 33 weeks of pregnancy to receive open ...
Metformin is a drug frequently used for diabetes treatment during pregnancy but its effects are not well understood. Butalia and colleagues reviewed existing clinical trials and found some positive effects, and no negative effects, of metformin use durin
Metformin belongs to the class of drugs known as biguanides. 2. Upsides Metformin is used to treat type 2 diabetes and is the preferred therapy for people with type 2 diabetes who do not have any contraindications to using metformin (such as kidney disease, metabolic acidosis, or poor liver...
clinical meta-analysis studies on cancer patients who already take metformin to treat diabetes have hinted that the drug may boost their survival and prevent the emergence of new tumors.
Metformin and pre-diabetes In 2000, an estimated 171 million people in the world had diabetes, and the numbers are projected to double by 2030. Interventions to prevent type 2 diabetes, therefore, have an important role in future health policies. Developing countries are expected to shoulder the...
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Clinicians have used metformin to treat diabetes since the 1950s, the authors note. Although its exact mechanism of action remains unclear, it appears to increase insulin sensitivity. Among other benefits, it has been shown to reduce bone fracture in diabetics and has stimulated bone-producing cell...
They found that metformin inhibitedtumor growthby at least 50 per cent after 24 days and, when combined with 5-fluorouracil, inhibited the tumor grafts from one patient by 85 per cent. The experiments used concentrations of metformin equivalent to that used to treat diabetes in humans. ...
Metformin is a prescribed anti-diabetic drug and according to statistics, it is the most commonly prescribed medication to treat type 2 diabetes worldwide, with it being considered the drug of choice when it comes to the prevention and management of diabetes. Diabetes Management Metformin helps man...
Metformin (dimethylbiguanide) has become the preferred first-line oral blood glucose-lowering agent to manage type 2 diabetes. Its history is linked to Gal