# Non-Scentific Article Shows Another Benefit of Metformin

**URL:** <https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/non-scentific-article-shows-another-benefit-of-metformin/3933>\
**Category:** Medicines\
**Tags:** metformin\
**Created:** [April 23, 2018, 12:20am UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/non-scentific-article-shows-another-benefit-of-metformin/3933 "2018-04-23T00:20:31Z")\
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**Author:** ![docslotnick](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.fudiabetes.org/docslotnick/32/75_2.png) [@docslotnick](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/docslotnick)\
**Post date:** [April 23, 2018, 12:20am UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/non-scentific-article-shows-another-benefit-of-metformin/3933/1 "2018-04-23T00:20:31Z")

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Research shows diabetes drug’s promise in zapping prostate cancer.  
Another great use for the wonder drug Metformin is discovered!

> **[Drug shows promise in zapping prostate cancer](https://www.newsday.com/news/health/prostate-cancer-diabetes-metformin-1.18199913)**
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> The compound, marketed as metformin, apparently undercuts what certain aggressive cancer cells rely on to produce energy and sustain themselves.

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**Author:** ![MM2](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.fudiabetes.org/mm2/32/3032_2.png) [@MM2](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/MM2)\
**Post date:** [April 23, 2018, 2:35am UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/non-scentific-article-shows-another-benefit-of-metformin/3933/2 "2018-04-23T02:35:16Z")

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It has been shown a benefit against other cancers, and the reason I started taking metformin.

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**Author:** ![Michel](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.fudiabetes.org/michel/32/387_2.png) [@Michel](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Michel)\
**Post date:** [April 23, 2018, 5:27pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/non-scentific-article-shows-another-benefit-of-metformin/3933/3 "2018-04-23T17:27:01Z")

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Well, I’ll be darned. A great twofer for all of us middle aged men (my son would say old men).

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**Author:** ![Thomas](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.fudiabetes.org/thomas/32/1719_2.png) [@Thomas](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Thomas)\
**Post date:** [April 23, 2018, 6:22pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/non-scentific-article-shows-another-benefit-of-metformin/3933/4 "2018-04-23T18:22:04Z")

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I believe the cut-off for “old man” is approx 25 years older than your current age

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**Author:** ![docslotnick](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.fudiabetes.org/docslotnick/32/75_2.png) [@docslotnick](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/docslotnick)\
**Post date:** [April 23, 2018, 9:25pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/non-scentific-article-shows-another-benefit-of-metformin/3933/5 "2018-04-23T21:25:56Z")

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Just wait until your son starts calling you “Gandpa”.