Combination Therapy with Vitamin D and Metformin: A Potential Approach to Mitigate Testicular Dysfunction in Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus.

Type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) is a multifactorial disease that cannot be linked to a single pathway, causing the observed heterogeneity among T2DM patients. Despite this level of heterogeneity, T2DM is majorly managed by metformin (MET) monotherapy. However, recent findings have associated long-term metformin intake with progressive oxidative pancreatic β cell damage as the disease progresses.