Source: Diabetes.co.UK
By Mike Watts
Two drugs which have been linked with treating coronavirus could be deadly when combined with metformin, researchers have said.
Hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) and chloroquine (CQ) are usually used to treat malaria and autoimmune diseases, and in America the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) granted emergency approval for the two medications to be used by people who are critically ill in hospital with COVID-19.
The drugs have also shown promising outcomes in helping to treat certain cancers, but recent studies have also found combining these medications with metformin, sold as Glucophage, could be fatal.
A study which used mice to test the outcome of all three drugs, showed between 30% and 40% of the animals died.
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