Endocrinologists Discover Metformin can be used to Save Their Patients from COVID-19
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Recent studies have reported that people who suffer from diabetes, had a significantly reduced risk of death from Ovid-i9 complications, when
they took the medicatıon mettormın.
- This data was analyzed from a diverse patient population, where researchers compared two controlled groups of individuals and found that those
who had been taking metformin (a drug designed for type 2 diabetes), were less likely to die of COVID-19 than those who were not taking metformin.
The Frontiers in Endocrinology journal was the first to publish these findıngs.
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Recent studies have reported that people who suffer from diabetes, had a significantly reduced risk of death from Ovid-i9 complications, when
they took the medicatıon mettormın.
- This data was analyzed from a diverse patient population, where researchers compared two controlled groups of individuals and found that those
who had been taking metformin (a drug designed for type 2 diabetes), were less likely to die of COVID-19 than those who were not taking metformin.
The Frontiers in Endocrinology journal was the first to publish these findıngs.
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