(HealthDay News) – In patients with type 2 diabetes whose blood sugar cannot be controlled by lifestyle modifications such as diet and exercise, metformin monotherapy should be prescribed initially, ...

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Dear Dr. Roach: I’ve been diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes and prescribed 1,500 mg of metformin. My A1C is now 6.0, although even when it was 5.8, my endocrinologist kept the same dosage. My primary ...

Metformin is a prescription drug used primarily in the treatment of Type II diabetes. It can be used on its own or combined with other medications. In the United States, it is sold under the brand ...

This article was originally on a blog post platform and may be missing photos, graphics or links. See About archive blog posts. A combination of low doses of the diabetes drugs Avandia and metformin ...

In a previous mouse study, the same research team found a protein in the brain called Rap1, which impacted how glucose is ...