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Can metformin make you lose weight, my doctor put me on it cause of prediabetes and he upped it and now im losing weight, not thati mind, i needed to.
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Metformin: There are some people that lose weight when taking metformin - it is usual a gradual process.
Answered 5/14/2017
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