# Metformin and Covid

**URL:** https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/metformin-and-covid/9894
**Category:** D-News
**Created:** [June 23, 2020, 12:16pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/metformin-and-covid/9894 "2020-06-23T12:16:39Z")
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### Author: ![T1Allison](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c77e96/32.png) [@T1Allison](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/T1Allison)
#### Post date: [June 23, 2020, 12:16pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/metformin-and-covid/9894/1 "2020-06-23T12:16:39Z")

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> **[Diabetes drug may lower COVID-19 death risk in women; key immune cells fail...](https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-science/diabetes-drug-may-lower-covid-19-death-risk-in-women-key-immune-cells-fail-to-respond-to-virus-idUSKBN23T2TP)**
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> The following is a brief roundup of some of the latest scientific studies on the novel coronavirus and efforts to find treatments and vaccines for COVID-19, the illness caused by the virus.

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### Author: ![Jen](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.fudiabetes.org/jen/32/4777_2.png) [@Jen](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Jen)
#### Post date: [June 23, 2020, 2:40pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/metformin-and-covid/9894/2 "2020-06-23T14:40:39Z")

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This is interesting, thanks for posting it. I read on another site about links between high CRP and severity of COVID-19. I didn’t know that metformin might help lower CRP for some people. My CRP is always somewhat high, even though I take metformin.