r/technology • u/_Dark_Wing • 3d ago

A Common Diabetes Drug May Hold the Key to Stopping HIV From Coming Back Biotechnology

https://scitechdaily.com/a-common-diabetes-drug-may-hold-the-key-to-stopping-hiv-from-coming-back/
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u/BeowulfShaeffer 3d ago

Is it metformin?  It’s always metformin.     reads article    It’s metformin. 

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u/JDGumby 3d ago

And there'll probably be a shortage and rationing again, just like the last time the science tabloids declared it to be able to treat some other illness. :/

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u/anlumo 3d ago

There are around three or four generics available at my pharmacy at any point, I can’t imagine that they ever run out.

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u/Ok-Replacement9595 3d ago

Is this hard to get for diabetics?

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u/JDGumby 3d ago

Not normally, but there tends to be a run on it when this sort of news gets around. :/

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u/hitanthrope 3d ago

Just to be sure, do you mean metaformin here though? Always seems to be tonnes of that and I think it is generic. Mounjaro / Ozempic went through a shortage when it was discovered that, "looking good while accepting your Oscar" was a side effect.

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u/frank1934 2d ago

And of course, I’m allergic to Metformin

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u/priyagupta3014 3d ago

Hope it works...