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How does metformin work?

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Question added by wael abuhassan , طبيب عام , المركز الوطني للسكري والغدد الصم
Date Posted: 2016/01/15
Maha Abdul
by Maha Abdul , Clinical Extern physician , Eye Clinic/ Cosmo-Derma Clinic

Metformin works on decreasing glucose level in body (blood) through two ways:

1- Mainly, reducing gluconeogenesis process in liver.

2- Increasing peripheral uptake  ond use of glucose by cells by potentiaiting cell receptor-insulin binding.

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