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John Buse, MD, PhD, co-authored a study showing that the common diabetes drug metformin substantially decreased the risk of developing long COVID after infection from SARS-CoV-2. The clinical trial was led by researchers at the University of Minnesota.<\/em><\/p>\n

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In a new study<\/a> published in The Lancet Infectious Diseases<\/em>, University of Minnesota researchers and colleagues found that metformin, a drug commonly used to treat diabetes, prevents the development of long COVID.<\/p>\n

The study, called COVID-OUT, investigated if early outpatient COVID-19 treatment with metformin, ivermectin or fluvoxamine could prevent long COVID. Long COVID is a chronic illness that can affect up to 10% of people who have had COVID-19.<\/p>\n

\u201cNot only did we demonstrate that metformin, an inexpensive and safe treatment, may prevent the development of long COVID in many people, but we validated that long COVID is a real disease in that a 14-day treatment can reduce the risk of long COVID symptoms and a doctor\u2019s diagnosis over many months,\u201d said John Buse, MD, PhD, the Verne S. Caviness Distinguished Professor of Medicine and senior associate dean for clinical research at the ºÚÁÏÍø.<\/p>\n

Read more<\/a> about the study at the ºÚÁÏÍø SOM newsroom.<\/p>\n

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