Can eat metformin to lose weight

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Metformin can increase the anaerobic metabolism of glucose in muscle and reduce the energy supply of glucose to muscle tissue. Therefore, many patients with type 2 diabetes lose weight after taking metformin. So there are many people want to use metformin to lose weight, in the absence of diabetes, take hypoglycemic drugs to lose weight, really OK? What do you eat to lose weight?

Can eat metformin to lose weight

First of all, taking metformin to lose weight is not a secret. "There are doctors around us who are taking this medicine to lose weight." yesterday, an expert from the Endocrinology Department of a Nanjing hospital revealed that it is no secret that doctors in the endocrinology department use metformin to lose weight in the industry. "To tell you the truth, sometimes I eat it myself," she explained with a smile. "Metformin can reduce weight because it can inhibit appetite and slow down intestinal peristalsis. People will definitely lose weight if they don't want to eat." This kind of medicine is very cheap. It costs only a few cents per tablet. Clinically, there are 24 tablets, 48 tablets, and a box costs only 10 or 20 yuan. First of all, it is affordable. In addition, this kind of medicine has been used for decades. It is very safe, and it will not stimulate pancreatic secretion, so there will be no hypoglycemia. Therefore, many doctors take metformin to lose weight. "Almost every hospital has doctors who use metformin to lose weight and control weight." However, she said that metformin weight loss is a "secret" that doctors do not disclose to the public. Some doctors will take metformin for a week when they find that they are overweight, and stop when they lose weight. As a prescription drug, it is not prescribed to patients because of its strict indications.

Secondly [metformin weight loss disadvantage] metformin can't really lose weight: 1. After taking metformin, some patients will have obvious weight loss, but it will maintain a relatively stable state when it drops to a certain extent. 2. The main cause of obesity is the accumulation of adipose tissue in the body, resulting in weight gain. Metformin can not solve the problem of fat accumulation.

Finally, the use of metformin to lose weight, easy consequences: 1, in practical application, in order to significantly lose weight, we must take a large dose of metformin, which often highlights the side effects of drugs. Most drug users will have gastrointestinal reactions, such as diarrhea, nausea, vomiting, abdominal distension, bad breath and so on. 2. It may affect the absorption of water-soluble vitamins such as vitamin B12 and folic acid, cause anemia, capillary and peripheral nerve damage, and also affect the absorption of trace elements calcium and phosphorus. Therefore, only obese patients caused by endocrine diseases can take it according to the doctor's advice after strict diagnosis. It is not recommended to extend it, and we do not want to hype "drug weight loss", so as not to cause harm to the body and self defeating.

matters needing attention

It is obviously inappropriate for healthy people to take metformin as a weight-loss and health care drug, or the saying "as long as you exercise more, selectively eat some crude fiber food and vegetables, and keep a good weight", persevere, you can also have a healthy "devil body".