Overly conservative FDA label likely prevents use of metformin in many type 2 diabetics, experts say
Monday, January 5, 2015 - 19:30
in Health & Medicine
Many patients with type 2 diabetes in the United States may be discouraged from taking metformin--a proven, oral diabetes medicine--because the U.S. Food and Drug Administration inappropriately labels the drug unsafe for some patients also suffering from kidney problems, researchers report.