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Which is the most effective and cheap treatment for diabetes?
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Metformin: Metformin is clearly the best drug for type 2 diabetes, and it is generic and cheap. Metformin is also the only drug shown to reduce heart disease and stroke in type 2 diabetes.
Answered 7/18/2013
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