Common therapies reduce depression in diabetics, study finds November 29, 2012 in Diabetes
A 12-year study based on a Taiwanese adult population cohort has shown the onset of diabetes increases the risk of mood disorders, mainly depression, by more than two and a half times.
However the study, by researchers from Monash University and the National Health Research Institutes, Taiwan also found when metformin is included in the treatment of diabetes, the incidence of mood disorders was reduced by more than 50 percent.
The researchers found the risk of all mood disorders, dementia and Parkinson's disease were reduced by metformin.
No clear cut explanation is given but I for one am a happier chappy... mind you I wonder if they asked anyone on met how fed up they were when they first started taking it.... 8)
http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-11-common-therapies-depression-diabetics.html#jCp
A 12-year study based on a Taiwanese adult population cohort has shown the onset of diabetes increases the risk of mood disorders, mainly depression, by more than two and a half times.
However the study, by researchers from Monash University and the National Health Research Institutes, Taiwan also found when metformin is included in the treatment of diabetes, the incidence of mood disorders was reduced by more than 50 percent.
The researchers found the risk of all mood disorders, dementia and Parkinson's disease were reduced by metformin.
No clear cut explanation is given but I for one am a happier chappy... mind you I wonder if they asked anyone on met how fed up they were when they first started taking it.... 8)
http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-11-common-therapies-depression-diabetics.html#jCp
