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If u don't mind me asking i m a medical student so i want to know why not comarin or warfarin they are anticoagulant but how metformin comes in this?

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Unclear Question: These are different drugs with different pharmacological effects. Are you asking why Metformin is not an anticoagulant....why did you think it should be an anticoaugulant??

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Answered 11/28/2017

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