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2. 6 Benefits of Taking Metformin (Besides Weight Loss) - AOL

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   The official use of metformin is to lower blood sugar for people with type 2 diabetes. ... Age-related diseases can promote insulin resistance, which is an underlying cause of a number of medical ...

3. What is metformin, the old diabetes drug some people are ...

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   Metformin is an old and effective diabetes drug, but experts say it isn't a go-to treatment for weight loss. ... While it’s known that excess body weight, high blood sugar and insulin resistance ...

4. Insulin Resistance: From Symptoms to Treatment - AOL

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   Insulin resistance is when your tissues no longer adequately respond to insulin to lower blood glucose levels. Glucose is the sugar molecule your body uses for energy. Insulin is produced by beta ...

5. Insulin resistance - Wikipedia

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   Insulin resistance can be improved or reversed with lifestyle approaches, such as weight reduction, exercise, and dietary changes. There are multiple ways to measure insulin resistance such as fasting insulin levels or glucose tolerance tests, but these are not often used in clinical practice.

6. Metformin - Wikipedia

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   A total review of metformin use during pregnancy compared to insulin alone found good short-term safety for both the mother and baby, but safety in the longer term is unclear. [61] Several observational studies and randomized controlled trials found metformin to be as effective and safe as insulin for the management of gestational diabetes.

7. Diabetes medication - Wikipedia

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   Sulfonylureas are useful only in type 2 diabetes, as they work by stimulating endogenous release of insulin. They work best with patients over 40 years old who have had diabetes mellitus for under ten years. They cannot be used with type 1 diabetes, or diabetes of pregnancy. They can be safely used with metformin or glitazones.

8. How Long Will It Take to Lose Weight on Metformin?

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   Metformin may be more effective for those who have insulin-resistance. Both groups lost weight, but the group with severe insulin resistance lost significantly more weight than insulin-sensitive ...

9. Diabetes management - Wikipedia

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   There is also inhaled insulin that can be used in adults with diabetes. [33] There are several types of insulin that are commonly used in medical practice, with varying times of onset and duration of action. [32] - Rapid acting (i.e. insulin lispro) with onset in 15 minutes and duration of about 4 hrs.