The headline is broadly defensible, but the qualifications matter. Effect sizes vary by population, the strongest claims rest on shorter trials, and credible voices push back on how it's typically framed.
so metformin is a drug that has been used for many years uh depends you know where it was first approved I think was in Europe um but you know call it directionally 50 plus years of use as a first line agent for patients with type 2 diabetes in the U.S maybe 40 plus years so this is a drug that's been around forever trade name glucophage or brand name and uh but but again it's you know it's a generic drug today
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metformin was already in in clinical practice in Europe is that correct oh correct for many years how many years like 20 or 30 years
few years ago was 60 years
metformin is a drug that has been used for many years uh depends you know where it was first approved I think was in Europe um but you know call it directionally 50 plus years of use as a first line agent for patients with type 2 diabetes um in the U.S maybe 40 plus years so this is a drug that's been around forever trade name glucophage or brand name and uh but but again it's you know it's a generic drug today