Is there a role for metformin or acarbose as a weight-loss agent in the absence of diabetes?

Cleve Clin J Med. 2003 Aug;70(8):702-4. doi: 10.3949/ccjm.70.8.702.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Acarbose / therapeutic use*
  • Diabetes Complications
  • Humans
  • Hypoglycemic Agents / therapeutic use*
  • Metformin / therapeutic use*
  • Obesity / complications
  • Obesity / drug therapy*
  • Weight Loss / drug effects*
  • Weight Loss / physiology

Substances

  • Hypoglycemic Agents
  • Metformin
  • Acarbose