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Does taking metformin for diabetes affect my glaucoma?
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No relation: If you have any type of glaucoma, taking metformin will not affect it.
Answered 10/29/2013
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Not likely: Metformin has been subject to concerns regarding increasing risk for glaucoma. However, popular opinion poles favor no real substantial concerns. At 2014 arvo meeting julia richards, et al.: "metformin use was associated with reduced risk of oag. This oag risk reduction was dose-dependent and independent of glycemic control; other diabetes medications did not confer a similar risk reduction".
Answered 3/29/2014
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