How to Use metformin in a Sentence

metformin

noun

• The diabetes drug metformin has been shown to do the same but has not been approved for that use, the task force notes.
  — NBC News, 24 Aug. 2021
• My wife is a Type 2 diabetic and takes metformin twice a day.
  — Dr. Keith Roach, oregonlive, 13 Oct. 2022
• In a trial that compared metformin with lifestyle change, healthy habits won out.
  — Lola Butcher, Discover Magazine, 2 Dec. 2021
• For years, the 47-year-old health care consultant had treated her high blood sugar with metformin.
  — Katie Palmer, STAT, 7 Aug. 2022
• To learn more about the pros and cons of metformin and other treatments, read our Guide to Managing Diabetes.
  — Teresa Graedon, The Seattle Times, 2 July 2017
• This is why the diabetes drug metformin is often prescribed for weight loss.
  — Karen Kaplan Science and Medicine Editor, Los Angeles Times, 27 Aug. 2021
• Currently the main treatment option is the drug metformin .
  — Tracy Staedter Live Science Contributor, Fox News, 19 June 2017
• There are many new options, some of which (such as metformin, liraglutide, and semaglutide) help to promote weight loss.
  — Dr. Keith Roach, oregonlive, 27 July 2021
• Like other drugs on this list, metformin is thought to help regulate appetite.
  — Stephen C. George, Discover Magazine, 30 Apr. 2024
• The Method: Pop metformin, a common treatment for type 2 diabetes.
  — Gregory Barber, WIRED, 27 Mar. 2018
• Kluchesky takes metformin twice a day to help regulate his Type 2 diabetes.
  — Tetona Dunlap, idahostatesman, 19 Aug. 2017
• To find a good price on metformin, Rifai recommends checking out goodrx.com.
  — Susan Selasky, Detroit Free Press, 17 Jan. 2020
• The risk was 41% lower for the metformin group than for a comparison group receiving a placebo.
  — Byscience News Staff, science.org, 15 June 2023
• Recent studies show the drug somehow alters the mix of gut microbes in ways that make metformin more effective.
  — Claudia Wallis, Scientific American, 1 Jan. 2020
• A study of the diabetes drug metformin, published two years ago in The Lancet, failed to show any impact on the treatment of pancreatic cancer.
  — Jerome Groopman, The New Yorker, 24 Mar. 2017
• Some people looking to extend their lifespan have for years turned to a decades-old diabetes drug, metformin.
  — Alex Janin, wsj.com, 1 May 2023
• Those in the metformin group had a 31 percent lower chance of developing the condition compared to the placebo group.
  — Sarah Jacoby, SELF, 26 June 2018
• Gonzalez’s mother, LR’s abuela, is on metformin to control her blood sugar, and has struggled with her weight, too.
  — Isabella Cueto, STAT, 17 July 2023
• For several years, the 37-year-old from Dallas was taking diabetes drug metformin but saw no progress.
  — Vanessa Etienne, Peoplemag, 1 Feb. 2023
• Our second retrieval yielded only three embryos, despite me having an even worse time with the stims and metformin.
  — refinery29.com, 27 Oct. 2020
• There's something called metformin, which is a diabetes drug that's being studied, but there's no data out yet.
  — Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY, 12 June 2023
• Some women are even treated with the diabetes drug metformin, which can help restart ovulation.
  — Amanda Gardner, Health, 9 Mar. 2023
• Aspirin comes from willow bark; metformin, the diabetes medicine to which berberine is often compared, is derived from a plant known as French lilac.
  — WIRED, 31 July 2023
• Today, metformin, tomorrow (and the next day and next day), life everlasting.
  — Ali Finney, Vogue, 27 Nov. 2023
• Finding an alternative to metformin was one of the team's objectives.
  — Tracy Staedter Live Science Contributor, Fox News, 19 June 2017
• The way metformin and berberine are treated makes this false dichotomy obvious.
  — WIRED, 31 July 2023
• The task force considered two medications that are sometimes used to help kids lose weight, orlistat and metformin.
  — Karen Kaplan, latimes.com, 20 June 2017
• For years, people with Type 2 diabetes who needed to take drugs to lower their blood-sugar levels started with an old medicine called metformin.
  — Ariana Perez-Castells, WSJ, 5 Mar. 2023
• Insulin in combination with metformin may result in better blood sugar control than using insulin alone.
  — Jacqueline Howard, CNN, 17 June 2024
• For the study, researchers compared cancer diagnoses within 15 years of starting semaglutide and other diabetes treatments, including metformin and insulin, in more than 1.2 million people.
  — Kristen Fischer, Health, 25 June 2024

Last Updated: 30 Oct 2024