Experts say the condition—formally known as latent autoimmune diabetes in adults—can result in health complications if it isn ...

Millions of people take metformin, a type 2 diabetes medication that lowers blood sugar. The "wonder drug" has also been shown to slow cancer growth, improve COVID outcomes and reduce inflammation ...

If one medicine isn't enough to control your type 2 diabetes, you and your doctor should work together to find the best mix for you. Usually, you'll keep taking metformin and add something else.

Metformin is the first-line drug that can lower blood sugar levels in type 2 diabetes patients. One third of patients do not respond to metformin treatment and 5 per cent experience serious side ...

Maruthur NM, Tseng E, Hutfless S, et al. Diabetes medications as monotherapy or metformin-based combination therapy for type 2 diabetes: a systematic review and meta-analysis [published online ...

About 120 million people around the world with Type 2 diabetes – and two million in Canada – take the drug metformin to control their disease.

Participants with metabolic syndrome who received 1,700 mg metformin daily with or without a Mediterranean diet intervention had reduced incidence of diabetes compared with placebo, according to ...

In type 2 diabetes, a person becomes less sensitive to the effects of insulin, a hormone that helps the body use sugar for fuel. The drug metformin works by making the body more responsive to ...

Researchers randomly assigned 502 pregnant women with type 2 diabetes who were using insulin to add metformin (1,000 milligrams twice daily) or a placebo to their treatment regimen.

A packed audience listened to practicing endocrinologists describe what second-line agents they would use to treat type 2 diabetes after metformin, and why. The goal is "patient-centric" therapy.