A mainstay diabetes medication reduced pain and stiffness and improved function in overweight people with knee osteoarthritis, a new study has found. Effective pain reduction and improved mobility may ...

For patients with overweight or obesity and symptomatic knee osteoarthritis, the researchers found that the mean change in VAS pain was −31.3 and −18.9 mm in the metformin and placebo groups, ...

The inexpensive diabetes pill metformin significantly reduced pain from knee osteoarthritis in a small trial of people who are overweight or have obesity. Results from a small trial suggest that the ...