Metformin
In addition to other treatments, oral medications such as metformin helps in reducing diabetes risk, though less dramatically. Metformin lessen the amount of glucose unconstrained by the liver and simultaneously fights insulin resistance. This drug was proven to lessen the cardiovascular complications of diabetes. Metformin is not a basis for weight increase and may also produce minor weight loss. The exact method of action in metformin is not yet known but it is said that there are therapeutic benefits. Facts suggests that improved peripheral utilization of glucose due to improved insulin binding is not effective in patients who no longer have any remaining insulin production.
January 08 2008 03:06 am | General