Insulin therapy is a lifesaving necessity for people with type 1 diabetes, and its essentially the only medication approved for managing the condition. But a variety of additional blood-sugar-lowering ...

India's metabolic burden is rising; T2DM prevalence, BMI, and cholesterol are all worsening. With the loss of injectable semaglutide exclusivity in India, generic competition promises ...

A Garvan Institute of Medical Research-led clinical trial has found that using the type 2 diabetes (T2D) drug metformin reduces insulin needs in type 1 diabetes (T1D), a finding that could potentially ...

Adding metformin to insulin treatment for pregnant women with preexisting type 2 or gestational diabetes did not reduce composite neonatal adverse outcomes, according to the randomized MOMPOD trial.

WASHINGTON, DC — Research recently published on diabetes in pregnancy has offered insight on issues such as earlier pharmacologic treatment of gestational diabetes (GDM) and combination treatment with ...

Credit: Getty Images This literature review supports the use of metformin as an effective and safe treatment alternative to insulin for pregnant women with gestational diabetes. Another option for ...

In a recent study published in the journal JAMA Network, researchers conducted a randomized clinical trial to investigate whether early metformin therapy can reduce insulin dependence and improve ...

September 21, 2012 — Metformin was associated with a lower risk for cardiovascular disease, all-cause mortality, and serious infection/acidosis compared with insulin in a large database analysis of ...

A pregnant woman getting her glucose checked Metformin is a viable alternative to insulin in the treatment of gestational diabetes mellitus. Metformin is an emerging treatment option in gestational ...

Explore the potential benefits and risks of using type 2 diabetes drugs like Ozempic and metformin off-label to manage weight ...