Could metformin prevent diabetes in very high risk patients?
A US study shows the drug can reduce development of the disease over 15 years
Metformin reduces the development of diabetes over 15 years, US researchers say.
The results come from a follow-up of patients in the Diabetes Prevention Program (DPP) that recruited patients at very high risk for diabetes and assigned them to either metformin or a lifestyle intervention program to address the major identified risk factors.
