Metformin can substantially reduce the risk of Parkinson's disease in diabetes, study suggests
Monday, April 16, 2012 - 12:30
in Health & Medicine
A major 12-year study based on a Taiwanese population cohort has demonstrated that not only does diabetes increase the risk of developing Parkinson's disease more than twofold, the use of sulfonylureas, commonly used as treatment for diabetes, increases the risk further by about 57 percent. This study also found that by including metformin in the therapy, no increased risk in developing Parkinson's disease was recorded.
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