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2. Is There a "Best Time" to Take Metformin? - AOL

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   There’s no best time to take metformin for weight loss or type 2 diabetes (or any other condition). But taking it at the same time each day can help you stay consistent and avoid missing or ...

3. 6 Benefits of Taking Metformin (Besides Weight Loss) - AOL

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   Yes, metformin treatment has been shown to lower risk of heart-related events in people with type 2 diabetes by improving blood fat levels, reducing inflammation, and lowering blood pressure ...

4. Metformin - Wikipedia

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   Sterne was the first to try metformin on humans for the treatment of diabetes; he coined the name "Glucophage" (glucose eater) for the medication and published his results in 1957. [161] [168] Metformin became available in the British National Formulary in 1958. It was sold in the UK by a small Aron subsidiary called Rona. [169]

5. Galega officinalis - Wikipedia

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   G. officinalis is rich in galegine, a substance with blood glucose-lowering activity and the foundation for the discovery of metformin, [6] a treatment for managing symptoms of diabetes mellitus. [7] In ancient herbalism, goat's-rue was used as a diuretic. [8] It can be poisonous to mammals, but is a food for various insects. [4]

6. Portal:Medicine/Selected Article/35 - Wikipedia

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   Metformin is the most popular anti-diabetic drug in the United States and one of the most prescribed drugs overall, with nearly 35 million prescriptions filled in 2006 for generic metformin alone. The biguanide class of anti-diabetic drugs originates from the French lilac ( Galega officinalis ), a plant known for several centuries to reduce the ...

7. Diabetes medication - Wikipedia

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   Type 2 diabetes is the most common type of diabetes. Treatments include agents that (1) increase the amount of insulin secreted by the pancreas, (2) increase the sensitivity of target organs to insulin, (3) decrease the rate at which glucose is absorbed from the gastrointestinal tract, and (4) increase the loss of glucose through urination.

8. Alpha-glucosidase inhibitor - Wikipedia

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   Alpha-glucosidase inhibitors (AGIs) are oral anti-diabetic drugs used for diabetes mellitus type 2 that work by preventing the digestion of carbohydrates (such as starch and table sugar). They are found in raw plants/herbs such as cinnamon and bacteria (containing the inhibitor acarbose ).

9. Common diabetes drug may help slow organ aging, monkey study ...

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   The type 2 diabetes drug metformin helped slow aging across multiple organs, including the brain, kidneys, and the skin, a study in cynomolgus monkeys has shows. Common diabetes drug may help slow ...