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Off-Label Use of Metformin for the Treatment of Obesity- A Risk or Success in Clinical Practice?

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  • Pedro Loureiro Dantas
  • Thiago Rodrigues Azevedo
  • Hudson Pimentel Costa
  • Emiliano Ricardo Vasconcelos Rios
  • Malena Gadelha Cavalcanti
  • Edilene Gadelha de Oliveira*

    (FCentro Universitário Maurício de Nassau, Fortaleza, Ceará, Brasil)

Abstract

Actually, metformin hydrochloride, an oral antidiabetic drug, has been used to treatment of obesity. Due to its effects associated to weight loss, patients are treated with this drug. In Brazil, the automedication is a recurring problem and has worsened with Covid-19 pandemic.

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  • Pedro Loureiro Dantas & Thiago Rodrigues Azevedo & Hudson Pimentel Costa & Emiliano Ricardo Vasconcelos Rios & Malena Gadelha Cavalcanti & Edilene Gadelha de Oliveira*, 2023. "Off-Label Use of Metformin for the Treatment of Obesity- A Risk or Success in Clinical Practice?," Biomedical Journal of Scientific & Technical Research, Biomedical Research Network+, LLC, vol. 48(1), pages 39158-39161, January.
    • Handle: RePEc:abf:journl:v:48:y:2023:i:1:p:39158-39161
    DOI: 10.26717/BJSTR.2023.48.007601
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