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

Pedro Loureiro Dantas, Thiago Rodrigues Azevedo, Hudson Pimentel Costa, Emiliano Ricardo Vasconcelos Rios, Malena Gadelha Cavalcanti and Edilene Gadelha de Oliveira*
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Edilene Gadelha de Oliveira*: FCentro Universitário Maurício de Nassau, Fortaleza, Ceará, Brasil

Biomedical Journal of Scientific & Technical Research, 2023, vol. 48, issue 1, 39158-39161

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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Date: 2023
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DOI: 10.26717/BJSTR.2023.48.007601

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