Does Metformin Cause Dementia?

4) Metformin causes dementia.
No. In fact, a recent study of 17,000 veterans with diabetes found that taking metformin was associated with a lower risk of dementia than other diabetes drugs known as sulfonylureas (like glyburide and glipizide).

Can metformin affect your memory?

23, 2020 (HealthDay News) -- A common type 2 diabetes drug called metformin may have an unexpected, but positive, side effect: New research suggests that people taking the drug appear to have significantly slower declines in thinking and memory as they age.

Can metformin bring on dementia?

The simple answer is that metformin does not cause dementia and can actually help lower a person's dementia risk, says Verna R. Porter, MD, a neurologist and director of Dementia and Alzheimer's Disease Programs at Providence Saint John's Health Center in Santa Monica, California.

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