It is a antioxidant
Thats why continuing healthy habits, or sometimes staying on the lowest effective dose of medication, makes long-term success more likely
In one meta-analysis of RCTs, metformin worked about three times as well when starting a new antipsychotic in first-episode psychosis (about a 13-pound difference from placebo) compared with its use after chronic antipsychotic treatment (about a 4-pound difference from placebo) (De Silva VA et al, BMC Psychiatry 2016;16(1):341)
But for treating specific problems like neuropathy, we need more
The samples were centrifuged at 1.500 g for 10 min and the supernatant was stored at 80C for subsequent analyses
Additionally, SGLT2is have demonstrated beneficial effects on MASLD, showing histologically proven improvements in hepatic steatosis, inflammation, and fibrosis 6,7,8