The US study is the first published randomised control trial to suggest medication taken during the acute phase of Covid may be able to reduce the risk of long Covid PMGallagher1 reports
Study first author Dr Carolyn Bramante, from the University of Minnesota Medical School, said: “Long Covid is a significant public health emergency that may have lasting physical health, mental health, and economic impacts, especially in socioeconomically marginalised groups.
The authors caution that the trial did not look at the effect of metformin on those who already had a long Covid diagnosis, so it cannot draw any conclusions about metformin as a treatment for it. They suggest further trials of metformin on those with lower BMI and previous Covid infection.
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