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Metformin for high‐altitude performance?
Author(s) -
Burtscher Martin
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
clinical and experimental pharmacology and physiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.752
H-Index - 103
eISSN - 1440-1681
pISSN - 0305-1870
DOI - 10.1111/1440-1681.12782
Subject(s) - metformin , effects of high altitude on humans , medicine , type 2 diabetes , glycogen , diabetes mellitus , low altitude , altitude (triangle) , endocrinology , pharmacology , anatomy , mathematics , geometry
Summary 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.