Metformin Better And Safer Than Most Other Diabetes Medications

Many commonly prescribed medications for patients with diabetes type 2 may be much less effective at preventing cardiovascular disease and death than oral metformin, Danish researchers revealed in the European Heart Journal this week. Diabetes drugs, such as glimepiride, glibenclamide (USA, Canada: glyburide), known as ISs (insulin secretagogues) have been commonly prescribed for many decades. The authors explain that the long term risks linked to ISs have not been clearly studied. Neither has metformin been compared to ISs for long-term risk and comparative efficacy...

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