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Should I consider metformin therapy for weight loss in patients with obesity but without diabetes?

Paloma Rodriguez, MD, Kevin M. Pantalone, DO, ECNU, FACE, Marcio L. Griebeler, MD and Bartolome Burguera, MD, PhD
Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine September 2023, 90 (9) 545-548; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.90a.22096
Paloma Rodriguez
Department of Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Metabolism, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH
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Kevin M. Pantalone
Director of Diabetes Initiatives, Department of Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Metabolism, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH; Professor of Medicine, Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine of Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH
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Marcio L. Griebeler
Department of Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Metabolism, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH; Assistant Professor of Medicine, Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine of Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH
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Bartolome Burguera
Chair, Department of Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Metabolism, and Chair, Medical Subspecialty Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH; Professor of Medicine, Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine of Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH
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vol. 90 no. 9 545-548
DOI 
https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.90a.22096
PubMed 
37657834

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Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine
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0891-1150
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1939-2869
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  • Published online September 1, 2023.

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  1. Paloma Rodriguez, MD⇑
  1. Department of Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Metabolism, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH
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    Paloma Rodriguez, MD, Endocrinology and Metabolism Institute, X20, Cleveland Clinic, 10685 Carnegie Avenue, Cleveland, OH 44106; rodrigp{at}ccf.org
  1. Kevin M. Pantalone, DO, ECNU, FACE
  1. Director of Diabetes Initiatives, Department of Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Metabolism, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH; Professor of Medicine, Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine of Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH
  1. Marcio L. Griebeler, MD
  1. Department of Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Metabolism, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH; Assistant Professor of Medicine, Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine of Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH
  1. Bartolome Burguera, MD, PhD
  1. Chair, Department of Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Metabolism, and Chair, Medical Subspecialty Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH; Professor of Medicine, Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine of Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH
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