Metformin is prescribed for type 2 diabetes. It’s a generic medication that's available as the brand-name drugs Fortamet and Glumetza. The drug comes as an immediate-release and an extended ...

People taking metformin typically lose at least 5 percent of their body weight in the first year of taking metformin, according to research published in the Annals of Internal Medicine. That ...

In their paper, titled “Metformin-regulated glucose flux from the circulation to the intestinal lumen,” the investigators concluded, “A previously unrecognized, substantial flux of glucose ...