Diabetes drug metformin safe for men who may become fathers, study finds

Diabetes drug metformin safe for men who may become fathers, study finds

By Nancy Lapid (Reuters) - Men can take the widely prescribed diabetes drug metformin without fear of causing birth defects in their children, according to results of a large study published on Wednesday. Tracking more than 3 million pregnancies in Norway and Taiwan, researchers found no association between birth defects and use of metformin by fathers during the three months before conception, continue reading...