Metformin Works in the Prediabetic Range.

Metformin, an anti-diabetic drug, can protect the heart in pre-diabetic patients. Even without a frank diagnosis of type 2 diabetes, normotensive or hypertensive patients with insulin resistance can develop left ventricular hypertrophy (LVH) and coronary artery disease (CAD). Insulin resistance (IR) is implicated in the development of LVH. Dysglycaemia is very common in patients with CAD […]