People living with type 2 diabetes may know all about metformin, which is an oral medication taken to manage this health condition. This medicine works by lowering blood sugar levels, improving ...

The antidiabetic drug metformin reduces hyperglycaemia by inhibiting hepatic glucose production and increasing insulin sensitivity.1 It is used as initial treatment for type 2 diabetes and off-label ...

Potential fathers with type 2 diabetes can be reassured that taking the drug metformin is not associated with birth defects in their offspring, concludes a large study of more than 3 million ...

Results Paternal data on metformin use during the period of sperm development was available for 2075 (0.3%) offspring in Norway and 15 276 (0.6%) offspring in Taiwan. Among these offspring, 104 (5.0%) ...