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Commentary: Metformin reverses TRAP1 mutation-associated alterations in mitochondrial function in Parkinson's disease.

Sachchida N. Rai, Saumitra S. Singh, [...], and Surya P. Singh.

2018.

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Very interesting. I wonder about the effect of metformin on the blood sugar of nondiabetics. Also, although there are quite a few studies that suggest that metformin is good for Parkinson's, here is a study that showed the opposite:

medscape.com/viewarticle/87...

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Has anyone used metformin? One of the MDs I saw a while back mentioned it.

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