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by nradov 2303 days ago
The anti-cancer protective effects of metformin would appear to be due to some other mechanism than reducing blood sugar levels.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6497052/

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Indeed, an additional benefit of specifically using metformin to help address both.

But guess what, nobody will bite. I had to go to some weird third party service to get a prescription and spend weeks going back and forth with oncology and endocrinology to get anyone to comment on it. Oncology said NFW with zero rationale and endo said a small starter dose with regular monitoring for lactic acidosis due to compromised liver function.