New research findings on the diabetes drug metformin

 Sunday 1 December 2024

Islamabad (News International / Pakistan New - 1st Dec, 2024 ) Men with diabetes can safely use metformin, as it does not pose any risk of birth defects in their children.

A recent study completed in the UK analyzed the medical records of more than three million pregnant women in the national populations of Norway in Europe and Taiwan in Asia.

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The research concluded that diabetic men who used the drug metformin themselves three months before their spouses became pregnant did not have any birth defects in their newborns.

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The drug metformin, which is the most commonly used drug by type 2 diabetes patients, was not considered completely safe for human health in the past.

A study completed in Denmark in 2022 claimed that the use of this drug increases the risk of birth defects in children of men with diabetes, especially in boys.

But now the results of new medical research conducted in the UK have proven this concept wrong, which was born after a study conducted in Denmark in the same regard.

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Medical experts have described this new study as very important. Especially because it did not include data from just one specific or limited area, but the results obtained from data from millions of people in remote regions such as Norway and Taiwan were similar.

Dr. Alan Pacey of the University of Manchester, an expert in male reproductive health, said that the results of this new study refuted the claims of the previous study.

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According to them, there was no biological mechanism that could prove that the drug metformin could cause physical, mental or other birth defects in newborns.

This research is being hailed as a new ray of hope for diabetic patients and their families because now such patients can use metformin without fear or risk.