A new study suggests that a Metformin, a pill used to lower blood sugar in people with diabetes, might also reduce their risk of developing glaucoma, an eye disease that can lead to vision loss and blindness. While the results can’t prove the drug prevents glaucoma, researchers found that diabetics taking higher doses of this pill were less likely to develop the eye disease than those who used smaller doses or didn’t take Metformin at all.
Because this pill has worse side effects at higher doses, more research is needed to better understand whether patients might benefit from taking more medicine just to ward off glaucoma, said senior study author Julia Richards. “Our hope is that if we can confirm the findings in diabetics, who clearly benefit from this pill for their diabetes, additional studies can be performed among persons without diabetes.” Globally, about one in 10 adults have…
