Metformin is used to treat Type 2 diabetes. Metformin increases the ability of cells to uptake glucose by improving their insulin sensitivity. It also works by decreasing the amount of glucose made by the liver and decreasing the absorption of glucose from the intestine. Metformin belongs to ...
Hence, we seek to describe a protocol for a systematic review, which will assess the impact of metformin use on graft survival and mortality in kidney transplant recipients. Methods This protocol was guided by the standards of the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses ...
Although appropriate studies on the relationship of age to the effects of metformin have not been performed in the geriatric population, geriatric-specific problems are not expected to limit the usefulness of metformin in the elderly. However, elderly patients are more likely to have age-related ...
Consumer ratings and reviews for GLUMETZA (METFORMIN HYDROCHLORIDE). Includes 2 patient ratings with average score of 2.5, comments, side effects, dosage, sex, age, time taken.
Walker et al published in a 2006 issue of "Diabetes Care." The researchers have found out that almost 70% of the patients with impaired glucose tolerance using metformin for diabetes prevention adhere to their medication regimen. Results show that the risk of diabetes is lower in patients ...
Use of diabetic medications, n (%) Metformin 49 (65.3) Insulin 22 (29.3) Sulfonylureas 15 (20) GLP-1d agonists 12 (16) SGLT2e inhibitors 5 (6.7) Other characteristics, n (%) Statin use 63 (84) aParticipants identified as “Asian Indian” (n=3) and “More than one race; Hispan...
Therapeutic Comparison of Metformin and Sulfonylurea, Alone and in Various Combinations: A double-blind controlled study OBJECTIVE: To assess and compare the therapeutic efficacy and safety of metformin (M) and sulfonylurea (glyburide, G), alone and in various combinations, i... LS Hermann,Scherste...
Glycemic and weight changes after persistent use of incident oral diabetes therapy: a Veterans Administration retrospective cohort study Purpose Systematic reviews have reported that sulfonylureas and metformin were as effective in reducing hemoglobin A1c (A1C) as other oral antidiabetic dru... MM Huizing...
Notably, the insulin requirements were reduced gradually until complete withdrawal at the end of week 11 (Fig.1h), and the oral antidiabetic medications were tapered since week 44 and discontinued at weeks 48 (acarbose) and 56 (metformin) (Supplementary Fig.S6a). ...
The reviews on disease types frequently evaluated using the pharmacy-based measure of medication adherence included DM in 40 articles, followed by hypertension (n = 27), asthma (n = 17), hyperlipidemia (n = 16), and COPD (n = 2). However, some research focused on measuring medication ...