The common diabetes drug metformin works partly by excreting sugar from the bloodstream into the intestines, where gut ...

its non-hormonal mechanism of action, and the fact that it’s not associated with weight gain or an increased risk of low blood sugar (hypoglycaemia) when taken alone. Metformin’s long history ...

Objective: To evaluate the effect of metformin on blood pressure and insulin sensitivity in non-diabetic, moderately obese, hypertensive patients. Patients and Methods: An 8-week double-blind ...

Saxagliptin, metformin HCl (ext-rel); 5mg/500mg, 5mg/1000mg, 2.5mg/1000mg; tabs. Saxagliptin is a competitive DPP4 inhibitor that slows the inactivation of the incretin hormones, thereby ...

Researchers are conducting studies to help understand how diabetes drugs affect glucose excretion, the gut microbiome, and their metabolic products.

Metformin is an old drug. In its earliest form, it was an extract from lilacs and was purportedly used in the 1700s to treat ...

Hims & Hers' lower-priced injectable semaglutide promoted during the Super Bowl has led to some patients receiving the more ...