Metformin
Clinical trial: Inhaled insulin+metformin versus inhaled insulin+metformin+secretagogue for Type 2 diabetes
October 02, 2008
Expert & Community Posts
Could Metformin Actually Protect the Kidneys?
By Gretchen Becker , Health Expert...............reason people with type 2 go high after meals. Metformin helps to stop this... Read more »
Metformin and the risk of lactic acidosis
By Dr. Bill Quick , Health Expert...to review. The author asked: "Can a patient use metformin after a heart attack (after 12 years... Read more »
Metformin and Cancer
By Gretchen Becker , Health Expert...see a story reporting that the common diabetes drug metformin may help fight against cancer.... Read more »
Health Guide
Diabetic Women Can Reduce Their Risk of Urinary Incontinence
...but exercise may worsen this condition. We examined whether an intensive lifestyle intervention or metformin therapy among overweight pre-diabetic women was associated with a lower prevalence of... Read more »Lactic acidosis
...caused by certain diseases, such as sepsis, respiratory failure, AIDS, cancer, and kidney failure. Metformin, a common medicine used to treat diabetes, can also cause lactic acidosis. Persons... Read more »Lower extremity venography
...failure, especially in the elderly or in diabetic patients taking a medication called Glucophage or metformin. There is a risk of worsening any clotting that has already occurred in the... Read more »Diabetes and Anemia
...diseaseTreatment for acid reflux or stomach ulcers using Prilosec and Prevacid.Diabetes drug therapy with metformin. Anemia occurs in nearly 30% of diabetes patients using metformin for at least... Read more »Drug-induced hypoglycemia
...Medications that can cause drug-induced hypoglycemia include: Insulin Sulfonylureas Metformin when used with sulfonylureas Pentamidine Quinidine Quinine ... Read more »Medications
......also lessen your risk of a heart attack or stroke. Metformin belongs to the class of drugs... Read more »
.........also lessen your risk of a heart attack or stroke. Metformin belongs to the class of drugs... Read more »
......that may affect the kidneys' ability to remove metformin from the body (e.g., cimetidine,... Read more »
......that may affect the kidneys' ability to remove metformin from the body (e.g., cimetidine,... Read more »
......medication is a combination of 2 drugs (glyburide and metformin). It is used along with a... Read more »
Related News
Metformin may lower diabetics' odds of pancreatic cancer
August 04, 2009Metformin may lower diabetics' risk of pancreatic cancer by up to 60 percent, a new study suggests. Read summary »
Diabetes Drug Slows Early Puberty in Girls
June 27, 2008(Ivanhoe Newswire) There's new help for young girls who are at risk of going through puberty early and developing insulin resistance a risk factor... Read summary »
Common Diabetic Therapy Reduces Risk of Pancreatic Cancer
September 30, 2009(Ivanhoe Newswire) -- Taking the most commonly-prescribed anti-diabetic drug, metformin, reduces the risk of developing pancreatic cancer by 62... Read summary »
Clinical trial: Liraglutide+Avandia+metformin versus Avandia+metformin alone
October 02, 2008This is a study to determine the effects of adding liraglutide to an existing treatment of rosiglitazone (Avandia) and metformin, and then to compare... Read summary »
Galvus+metformin=better diabetes control
October 03, 2008Diabetics who have trouble controlling their insulin levels using metformin may benefit from adding Galvus, new research suggests. In a recent study,... Read summary »
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