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Metformien, wat onder andere onder die handelsnaam Glucophage verkoop word, is die belangrikste eersteliniemedikasie vir die behandeling van tipe 2-diabetes,[3][4][5][6] veral by mense wat oorgewig is.[7] Dit word ook gebruik in die behandeling van polisistiese ovariumsindroom.[8] Dit word soms as 'n byvoegsel gebruik om die risiko van metaboliese sindroom te verminder by mense wat antipsigotika gebruik.[9] Metformien word nie met gewigstoename geassosieer nie[10] en word per mond geneem.[8]
Metformien word oor die algemeen goed verdra. Algemene newe-effekte sluit in diarree, naarheid en maagpyn.[8] Dit het 'n klein risiko om lae bloedsuiker te veroorsaak. Hoë bloedmelksuurvlakke is 'n bekommernis as die medikasie in te hoë dosisse gebruik word of voorgeskryf word aan mense met ernstige nierprobleme.[11][12]
Metformien is 'n biguanied anti-hiperglukemiese middel. Dit werk deur glukoseproduksie in die lewer te verminder, die insuliensensitiwiteit van liggaamsweefsel te verhoog,[8] en GDF15-afskeiding te verhoog, wat eetlus en kalorie-inname verminder.[13][14][15][16]
↑ 1,01,1Dunn CJ, Peters DH (Mei 1995). "Metformin. A review of its pharmacological properties and therapeutic use in non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus". Drugs. 49 (5): 721–49. doi:10.2165/00003495-199549050-00007. PMID7601013.
↑Draznin B, Aroda VR, Bakris G, Benson G, Brown FM, Freeman R, et al. (Januarie 2022). "9. Pharmacologic Approaches to Glycemic Treatment: Standards of Medical Care in Diabetes-2022". Diabetes Care. 45 (Suppl 1): S125–S143.
↑Cosentino F, Grant PJ, Aboyans V, Bailey CJ, Ceriello A, Delgado V, et al. (Januarie 2020). "2019 ESC Guidelines on diabetes, pre-diabetes, and cardiovascular diseases developed in collaboration with the EASD". European Heart Journal. 41 (2): 255–323.
↑"Metformin Hydrochloride". The American Society of Health-System Pharmacists. Geargiveer vanaf die oorspronklike op 24 Desember 2016. Besoek op 2 Januarie 2017.
↑Maruthur NM, Tseng E, Hutfless S, Wilson LM, Suarez-Cuervo C, Berger Z, et al. (Junie 2016). "Diabetes Medications as Monotherapy or Metformin-Based Combination Therapy for Type 2 Diabetes: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis". Annals of Internal Medicine. 164 (11): 740–751. doi:10.7326/M15-2650. PMID27088241. S2CID32016657.
↑Cosentino F, Grant PJ, Aboyans V, Bailey CJ, Ceriello A, Delgado V, et al. (Januarie 2020). "2019 ESC Guidelines on diabetes, pre-diabetes, and cardiovascular diseases developed in collaboration with the EASD". European Heart Journal. 41 (2): 255–323. doi:10.1093/eurheartj/ehz486. PMID31497854.
↑"Type 2 diabetes and metformin. First choice for monotherapy: weak evidence of efficacy but well-known and acceptable adverse effects". Prescrire International. 23 (154): 269–272. November 2014. PMID25954799.
↑Day EA, Ford RJ, Smith BK, Mohammadi-Shemirani P, Morrow MR, Gutgesell RM, et al. (Desember 2019). "Metformin-induced increases in GDF15 are important for suppressing appetite and promoting weight loss". Nature Metabolism. 1 (12): 1202–1208. doi:10.1038/s42255-019-0146-4. PMID32694673. S2CID213199603.
↑LaMoia TE, Butrico GM, Kalpage HA, Goedeke L, Hubbard BT, Vatner DF, et al. (10 Maart 2022). "Metformin, phenformin, and galegine inhibit complex IV activity and reduce glycerol-derived gluconeogenesis". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 119 (10): e2122287119.