PCOS: Metformin might benefit overweight women using IVF

The drug is associated with fewer complications and a higher pregnancy rate, researchers say
Reuters Health Staff writer
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Metformin treatment might benefit women with PCOS and a BMI of 26 or greater who are undergoing assisted reproduction, a meta-analysis suggests.

The medication is widely used in women with PCOS but its associations with outcomes of IVF or intracytoplasmic sperm injection and embryo transfer (ICSI-ET) remain controversial, the researchers note in JAMA Network Open.