Metformin shown to prevent long COVID across risk groups in multiple randomized trials
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Metformin shown to prevent long COVID across risk groups in multiple randomized trials
https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-01-metformin-shown-covid-groups-multiple.html
> Multiple randomized clinical trials and electronic health record studies now show that metformin, a widely used and well-established medication, significantly reduces the risk of developing long COVID when taken during or shortly after acute infection with SARS-CoV-2. The findings are published in Clinical Infectious Diseases.
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Metformin shown to prevent long COVID across risk groups in multiple randomized trials
https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-01-metformin-shown-covid-groups-multiple.html
> Multiple randomized clinical trials and electronic health record studies now show that metformin, a widely used and well-established medication, significantly reduces the risk of developing long COVID when taken during or shortly after acute infection with SARS-CoV-2. The findings are published in Clinical Infectious Diseases.
That's interesting. I saw a thing about Metformin before which iirc reckoned it didn't improve things for the vaccinated people, and that the detected benefits actually all came from the pre-vaccine/no-vaccine cohort. But this summary seems to be saying it's applicable to pretty much everyone (someone please correct me if that's wrong). And it's not an expensive drug!
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Metformin shown to prevent long COVID across risk groups in multiple randomized trials
https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-01-metformin-shown-covid-groups-multiple.html
> Multiple randomized clinical trials and electronic health record studies now show that metformin, a widely used and well-established medication, significantly reduces the risk of developing long COVID when taken during or shortly after acute infection with SARS-CoV-2. The findings are published in Clinical Infectious Diseases.
@EricCarroll weird choice to use a photo of a practically useless mask to illustrate.
(clarifying - #masksWork but cloth ones are very limited use, once they're damp they do nothing. N95, FFP or respirator style would make sense) -
That's interesting. I saw a thing about Metformin before which iirc reckoned it didn't improve things for the vaccinated people, and that the detected benefits actually all came from the pre-vaccine/no-vaccine cohort. But this summary seems to be saying it's applicable to pretty much everyone (someone please correct me if that's wrong). And it's not an expensive drug!
@unchartedworlds @EricCarroll quite a few cancer studies looking at combining it with other treatments/interventions for disease prevention and treatment, too
