Common diabetes drug can reduce the pain of people with knee osteoarthritis and obesity

Common diabetes drug could spark knee-pain breakthrough, study finds

A new study has uncovered another benefit of one of the country's most commonly prescribed medications for diabetes - joint pain relief.More than six million scripts for metformin are written each year, mainly to treat type 2 diabetes.Researchers at Monash University led a study to see whether the safe and inexpensive tablets could be repurposed to manage pain for those with knee arthritis.READ MORE: Man arrested after teenager fatally shot at N…

Common diabetes drug could spark knee pain breakthrough

A new study has uncovered another benefit of one of the country's most commonly prescribed medications for diabetes - joint pain relief.

Repurposed diabetes drug can reduce pain for those with knee arthritis and overweight or obesity, clinical trial shows

A common diabetes drug can reduce the pain of people with knee osteoarthritis and overweight or obesity, possibly delaying the need for knee replacements, Monash University-led research has found.

Common diabetes drug can reduce the pain of people with knee osteoarthritis and obesity

A common diabetes drug can reduce the pain of people with knee osteoarthritis and overweight or obesity, possibly delaying the need for knee replacements, Monash University-led research has found.

This Common, Safe Drug Relieved Osteoarthritis Pain in Randomized Trial

(MedPage Today) -- The diabetes drug metformin provided overweight/obese patients with osteoarthritis (OA) of the knee with significantly greater pain relief than did placebo in a small randomized trial, researchers said. After 6 months of treatment...

Common diabetes drug may help manage knee arthritis, obesity

New Delhi: A common diabetes drug can help reduce pain in people with knee osteoarthritis (OA) and obesity, as well as delay the need for knee replacements, revealed a study on Friday.  Researchers from Monash University in Australia showed that metformin -- commonly prescribed to treat type 2 diabetes -- can reduce knee arthritis pain in people without diabetes. “Metformin is a potentially new and affordable way to improve knee pain in those wi…