When Is the Best Time to Take Metformin? This article was reviewed by Craig Primack, MD, FACP, FAAP, FOMA. We get it — no one ...

Metformin, an oral medication used to treat type 2 diabetes, is often prescribed off-label for weight loss. It helps to control blood sugar by reducing both the amount of glucose produced by the liver ...

Whenever you start taking a new medication to treat a certain symptom or condition, it’s natural to wonder if the medicine is really making a difference for your health. When it comes to people who ...

The increasing popularity of weight loss drugs like Wegovy®, Ozempic, Mounjaro and metformin may have you wondering how all these options stack up. Are there benefits to one over the other? How do ...

Jardiance and metformin help manage blood sugar levels in people with type 2 diabetes. Doctors commonly prescribe these medications together. Empagliflozin (the active ingredient in Jardiance) and ...

The commonly used diabetes drug metformin may reduce risk for cancer, according to study results published in Journal of the National Cancer Institute. A systematic review and meta-analysis of 166 ...

Dr. Rojas-Quintero is researching how Metformin, a long-used diabetes drug, may be able to slow fibrosis in the lungs.

At clinically relevant exposures, turning that switch down in the brain was required for metformin to lower glucose, and tiny ...

Early metformin initiation after COVID-19 infection is associated with a substantially lower 1-year risk for long COVID in adults with overweight or obesity, according to study results published in ...

Metformin use is linked to improved survival rates in patients with ovarian cancer, particularly among those with diabetes and serous cancers, though further research is needed to confirm these ...