Losing weight is one of the most common metformin side effects. Learn more about what the drug is, how it works, and if it’s a diabetes treatment for you.

Millions of people with diabetes take the drug metformin to control their blood sugar levels. Meant to be taken for the long term, new research now suggests that stopping it early may up the risk of ...

A popular diabetes drug could be linked to major birth defects, according to researchers. In a study from Stanford University, the University of Southern Denmark and Copenhagen University, published ...

Metformin is the most widely prescribed drug in the world to treat Type 2 diabetes, and it's been around for more than 60 years. But now, researchers are learning more about this popular medicine's ...

Bayshore Pharmaceuticals announced Wednesday that it was voluntarily recalling two lots of the medication metformin, which is widely used by diabetics to control blood sugar levels. Metformin works by ...

Share on Pinterest A new study investigated whether metformin could help pregnant people with gestational diabetes. Ryan J Lane/Getty Images A new study indicates that the medication metformin may ...

We were unable to process your request. Please try again later. If you continue to have this issue please contact [email protected]. Metformin, FDA-approved to treat type 2 diabetes, may ...

Metformin is an old drug. In its earliest form, it was an extract from lilacs and was purportedly used in the 1700s to treat what the French called “sweet urine disease,” which we now know as diabetes ...

We were unable to process your request. Please try again later. If you continue to have this issue please contact [email protected]. Back to Healio Women with type 2 diabetes and those who ...

In a recent study published in the journal JAMA Network, researchers conducted a randomized clinical trial to investigate whether early metformin therapy can reduce insulin dependence and improve ...

The study covered in this summary was published on medRxiv as a preprint and has not yet been peer reviewed. In an observational study of more than 112,000 US residents aged 50 years or older with ...

Metformin, commonly used for diabetes, is now prescribed for pre-diabetes to prevent progression to type 2 diabetes, especially in high-risk individuals. It improves insulin sensitivity and reduces ...