Metformin has been shown to reduce the risk of Long COVID (Melissa)
- Condition
- Long COVID
- At worst
- Severe (mostly bedbound)
- Ill for
- Not stated
- Published
- Oct 2025
Summary
Melissa Mazur was prescribed metformin, the only drug her primary care doctor felt comfortable prescribing for her, though no specific dose or duration is given. Long COVID had been severe enough to force her to resign from her work as an attorney, and metformin helped stabilize what she suspected were blood-sugar-related symptoms, leveling out sudden drops in her blood sugar. The article does not say whether this benefit has held, faded, or needed adjustment over time.
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