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Can anyone tell me about the benefits of metformin? do its benefits outweigh inherent risks?
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Liver production glu: For diabetes it's cost effective medicine to reduce glucose production of liver ( gluconeogenesis) which reduces morning blood sugars. It may affect weight gain. It is being studied in europe for breast cancer reduction. Overall good medication. Best meds diabetes are glp-1-victozalilly/ Byetta which work on actual mechanism of type 2 diabetes.
Answered 6/24/2014
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