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Metformin and other antidiabetic drugs can help reduce the risk of dementia in patients with type 2 diabetes - EurekAlert


Investigators analyzing the potential cognitive effects of antidiabetic medications in records of more than 1.5 million patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) found risks of dementia and Alzheimer’s disease (AD) were significantly lower in patients treated with metformin and sodium glucose co-transporter-2 inhibitors (SGLT-2i) compared to other antidiabetic drugs. Their results appear in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine, published by Elsevier.

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