Losing weight is one of the most common metformin side effects. Learn more about what the drug is, how it works, and if it’s a diabetes treatment for you.

This article was reviewed by Darragh O’Carroll, MD. Diabetes Medications for Weight Loss: What to Know Key takeaways: Some medications FDA-approved for type 2 diabetes can ...

The increasing popularity of weight loss drugs like Wegovy®, Ozempic, Mounjaro and metformin may have you wondering how all these options stack up. Are there benefits to one over the other? How do ...

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Results from the largest and longest study of its kind have found that the drug metformin can help manage weight gain in ...

Both medications have similar side effects, such as stomach issues like diarrhea, nausea, and bloating. However, metformin’s side effects are usually milder and tend to improve over time. Ozempic, on ...

Both metformin and exercise can prevent prediabetes from progressing to diabetes. But is it beneficial to combine these ...

In youth newly diagnosed with type 2 diabetes, GLP-1–based therapies, including semaglutide and tirzepatide, achieved similar ...

The META-AF trial found fewer recurrences of atrial arrhythmias, a benefit unexplained by weight loss or glycemic control.

A major new clinical trial involving more than 1,600 people has found that a GLP-1 pill form of the drug orforglipron works ...

Adults with atrial fibrillation with overweight or obesity were less likely to experience recurrent atrial arrhythmia when ...

People with atrial fibrillation (AFib) and obesity may have fewer episodes of AFib after ablation if they take the diabetes ...