Patients With T2D Who Take Metformin For Many Years May Be More Likely To Develop Anemia,

“People with type 2 diabetes who take metformin for many years are more likely to develop anemia than are those who do not,” researchers concluded in a poster presentation at the annual meeting of the European Association for the Study of Diabetes. When interviewed, the study’s lead author said, “The Diabetes Prevention Program (DPP) study showed that long-term metformin use in individuals with impaired glucose tolerance was associated with an increased risk of anemia, and this was independent of vitamin B12 status.” That particular study was published last year in the Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism. http://www.mdedge.com/clinicalendocrinologynews/article/148450/anemia/many-years-metformin-linked-anemia-risk