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2. 4 Tips for Knowing When to Take Metformin - AOL

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   Muscle pain. Shortness of breath. Weakness. ... Taking metformin may cause unpleasant side effects like diarrhea, nausea, and an upset stomach. Taking it with food can reduce the risk.

3. Proximal diabetic neuropathy - Wikipedia

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   The damage to nerves supplying specific muscles may cause muscle twitching (fasciculations) in addition to the weakness. It is sometimes associated with weight loss. [2] Diabetes most commonly causes damage to the long nerves that supply the feet and lower legs, causing numbness, tingling and pain (diabetic polyneuropathy). Although these ...

4. Here’s How to Know If Your Metformin Is Working or Not - AOL

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   Metformin does not cause kidney damage by itself, however there is a risk of serious side effects if metformin is used when you have impaired renal function, Dr. Gupta notes.

5. I'm Taking Metformin. Could It Cause Me to Lose Hair?

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   Metformin itself isn’t thought to cause hair loss, but type 2 diabetes and PCOS (polycystic ovary syndrome) — the conditions it’s prescribed to treat — can cause hair loss.

6. Complications of diabetes - Wikipedia

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   Diabetic neuropathy, Neuropathies in diabetes may cause sensory, mononeuritis, and autonomic neuropathy symptoms, muscle weakness, and potentially life-threatening complications like diabetic foot syndrome (Diabetic amyotrophy) and myocardial infarctions. Intensive insulin therapy is recommended to reduce neuropathy risk, while oral ...

7. AMP deaminase - Wikipedia

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   Deficiency of the muscle-specific enzyme is apparently a common cause of exercise-induced myopathy and probably the most common cause of metabolic myopathy in the human. [ 6 ] A research report shows that the widely prescribed diabetes medication metformin works on AMP-activated kinase (AMPK) by directly inhibiting AMP deaminase, thereby ...

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

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   Metformin is a trusted treatment for type 2 diabetes, but some people are being prescribed the drug for weight loss. (Getty Images) (Francis Dean via Getty Images)

9. Glossary of diabetes - Wikipedia

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   A type of diabetic neuropathy that causes muscle weakness and wasting. Amylin A peptide thought to be involved in beta cell loss in type 2 diabetes. Angiopathy A process that damages the blood vessels. Anomalies Abnormalities, as in birth defects, or in peculiar results or developments. For instance, diabetes can develop in an anomalous ...