Use of metformin and acarbose is associated with reduced risk of death from Covid-19.
No one using both meds before admission died.
Metformin lowers blood glucose, and acarbose blocks dietary glucose absorption.
Could you get same risk reduction by not eating carbs?
No one using both meds before admission died.
Metformin lowers blood glucose, and acarbose blocks dietary glucose absorption.
Could you get same risk reduction by not eating carbs?
Metformin Associated with Decreased Covid Mortality Among Nursing Home Residents
*Relative to those not receiving diabetes medications, residents taking metformin had about half the death rate
Diabetics on metformin at lower risk than non-diabetics sciencedirect.com/science/articl…
*Relative to those not receiving diabetes medications, residents taking metformin had about half the death rate
Diabetics on metformin at lower risk than non-diabetics sciencedirect.com/science/articl…
"These findings suggest a relative survival benefit in nursing home residents on metformin, potentially through its mTOR inhibition effects."
Metformin is cheap, costs literally about $.05 a dose, which is likely why you don't hear much about it in this context.
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