Patients treated with a drug widely prescribed for type 2 diabetes can live longer than people without the condition, a large-scale study involving over 180,000 people has shown.Unfortunately metformin is a generic drug, and lap-band surgery makes gobs of money, so I will predict this evidence will be actively ignored for as long as possible.
The findings indicate that a drug known as metformin, used to control glucose levels in the body and already known to exhibit anticancer properties, could offer prognostic and prophylactic benefits to people without diabetes.
I really think this drug has the potential to be an effective primary treatment for narcolepsy.
Testing it should be the first order of business for the narcolepsy research community.
