Metformin shown to prevent long Covid
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Metformin shown to prevent long Covid
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Re: Metformin shown to prevent long Covid
#2Important to note, it can also cause birth defects in male offspring when taken by fathers.
https://med.stanford.edu/news/all-news/2022/03/birth-defects...
Re: Metformin shown to prevent long Covid
#3Important to note, it can also cause birth defects in male offspring when taken by fathers. https://med.stanford.edu/news/all-news/2022/03/birth-defects... https://www.acpjournals.org/doi/10.7326/M21-4389
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Re: Metformin shown to prevent long Covid
#5Important to note, it can also cause birth defects in male offspring when taken by fathers. https://med.stanford.edu/news/all-news/2022/03/birth-defects... https://www.acpjournals.org/doi/10.7326/M21-4389
That study doesn't claim causation.
Re: Metformin shown to prevent long Covid
#6Important to note, it can also cause birth defects in male offspring when taken by fathers. https://med.stanford.edu/news/all-news/2022/03/birth-defects... https://www.acpjournals.org/doi/10.7326/M21-4389
> Men who filled metformin prescriptions before or after the three-month period of sperm development did not have offspring with a higher incidence of birth defects, the study found.
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> said that metformin's benefit is at least partly mediated by a near fourfold reduction in viral load.
But sure, COVID is a fat people disease.
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#8Does it help those with long Covid?
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> said that metformin's benefit is at least partly mediated by a near fourfold reduction in viral load. But sure, COVID is a fat people disease.
Obesity is a major risk factor for severe COVID-19 symptoms.
https://www.science.org/content/article/why-covid-19-more-de...
Re: Metformin shown to prevent long Covid
#10Does it help those with long Covid?
It appears to be prophylactic, it reduces the occurrence of long Covid in those recently testing positive.