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 ...

INCHEON, South Korea — The diabetes drug metformin may reduce the pain of knee osteoarthritis (OA) in patients with overweight or obese, independent of weight loss, according to results from a ...

Metformin is a generic prescription medication used to help manage blood sugar levels in adults and some children with type 2 diabetes. It works by decreasing sugar production in the liver, reducing ...

If you have type 2 diabetes, there's a good chance your doctor will recommend you start taking the drug metformin, which helps control the amount of glucose, or sugar, you have in your body. "It ...