Thursday, June 20, 2019

Metformin x Exercise

The diabetes drug metformin, sometimes taken to slow aging, may blunt the health benefits of exercise.
Gretchen Reynolds
“Doctors are very cognizant of drug-drug interactions,” he says. “It’s time we consider drug-and-exercise interactions, too.”

A popular diabetes drug sometimes taken to slow aging may diminish some of the expected health benefits of aerobic exercise in healthy older adults, according to a new report. The drug, metformin, can blunt certain physical changes from exercise that normally help people to age well./.../

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