Metformin can help you lose weight because it reduces your appetite by controlling and keeping your blood sugar consistent, but it’s not a recommended weight loss medication.
Reducing caloric intake, in case of overweight, and sugar in the diet, in case of obesity and diabetes, is very important for the outcome of treatment even with metformin, as well as for the usual glycemic controls of diabetes.
- Each drug has side effects and contraindications and should therefore only be taken on prescription given the risks and benefits of taking it.
Metformin is a class of oral hypoglycaemic drugs and should be taken according to medical prescription and dose adjusted by your doctor, especially in cases of abdominal obesity with insulin resistance.
Metformin is a drug used to control type 2 diabetes and can sometimes be indicated in the treatment of some cases of obesity, especially with a large deposit of abdominal fat, a situation that usually generates insulin resistance.
Better understand what metformin is, when it is indicated, and its side effects.