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Metformin for high-altitude performance?

Burtscher M

Clinical and experimental pharmacology & physiology, 2017

Abstract

Metformin has been introduced for treatment of type 2 diabetes but may also have ergogenic properties at high altitude by improving muscle glycogen repletion. However, very little information is available on potential risks associated with the (mis)use of metformin by healthy people.

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