Diabetes drug metformin could block exercise benefits, new study warns

Many assume that combining exercise with the diabetes drug metformin delivers double the health benefits, but new research from Rutgers University challenges that assumption. In a 16-week trial, the study found that metformin actually reduced the improvements in blood vessel function, fitness and blood sugar control that exercise normally provides. Metformin and exercise Type 2 diabetes affects most of Indians, and prevention strategies routinely emphasize a combination of lifestyle change and pharmacotherapy. One major contributor to diabetes and heart disease is metabolic syndrome, a cluster of conditions including high blood pressure, high blood sugar, excess abdominal fat and abnormal cholesterol.