Metformin - a drug commonly used to treat diabetes, prevents the development of long COVID, a new study published in The ...

After severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection, prevalent metformin use is associated with a ...

One of the most common diabetes drugs, metformin, might deliver an added bonus: Lowering users' odds for Long COVID ...

Adults who use the prescription drug metformin to treat their type 2 diabetes have a lower risk of developing long COVID or ...

The analysis of the impact of metformin on Long COVID was published in Lancet Infectious Diseases, showing that the drug metformin lowered one’s risk of developing Long COVID by 41.3 percent ...

Large NIH-funded study supports previous studies showing potential benefit.

THURSDAY, Sept. 19, 2024 (HealthDay News) -- One of the most common diabetes drugs, metformin, might deliver an added bonus: Lowering users' odds for Long COVID. Long COVID can present with ...

A clinical trial in 2023 showed that treatment with metformin, commonly used to help control blood sugar, reduced the risk of long COVID by as much as 40% in nearly 1,300 U.S. adults with ...

There's new data supporting the notion that the widely used diabetes drug metformin can cut users' odds for Long COVID The drug also reduced the odds that a person with type 2 diabetes would die ...

Adults who use the prescription drug metformin to treat their type 2 diabetes have a lower risk of developing long Covid or dying after a Covid-19 infection than people with diabetes who take other ...