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Metformin is a low-cost diabetes pill, used in the US since 1994, that lowers the liver's sugar output and may cause a small amount of weight loss.
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Metformin is usually the first medicine prescribed for type 2 diabetes.
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Metformin often shows up in step-therapy rules and alongside GLP-1 medicines, so knowing its modest weight effect sets fair expectations.
Metformin is a low-cost diabetes pill, used in the US since 1994, that lowers the liver's sugar output and may cause a small amount of weight loss.
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