{"id":214860,"date":"2026-01-05T19:23:50","date_gmt":"2026-01-05T19:23:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/01\/05\/what-is-metformin-jelly-roll-used-the-diabetes-drug-for-weight-loss\/"},"modified":"2026-01-05T19:23:50","modified_gmt":"2026-01-05T19:23:50","slug":"what-is-metformin-jelly-roll-used-the-diabetes-drug-for-weight-loss","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/01\/05\/what-is-metformin-jelly-roll-used-the-diabetes-drug-for-weight-loss\/","title":{"rendered":"What Is Metformin? Jelly Roll Used the Diabetes Drug for Weight Loss"},"content":{"rendered":"


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Jelly Roll<\/strong><\/a> is opening up about what it took to lose nearly 300 lbs.<\/p>\n

In an interview with Men\u2019s Health<\/em><\/a> published in January 2025, he explained, \u201cI just remember everyone telling me GLP-1s, or taking the Ozempic or the Mounjaro, \u2018Listen, it\u2019s gonna hurt your stomach a little bit.\u2019 I\u2019ve treated my body so bad, I can\u2019t believe God\u2019s gave me this voice for this long. I didn\u2019t deserve it. I literally didn\u2019t do it out of fear.\u201d<\/p>\n

The musician also revealed he was hospitalized. \u201cEven before I got into getting my blood work done, I went and got mental health therapy about my overeating. I started treating my food addiction like what it was: an addiction. Why did I treat cocaine a certain way? I went to meetings for cocaine and found a sponsor and detoxed off of it and s*** myself and went through real hard life-changing emotional choices to get off cocaine and codeine,\u201d Jelly Roll shared. \u201cI didn\u2019t look at the food addiction different. Once I started treating food like an addiction, it started changing everything for me.\u201d<\/p>\n

Though Jelly Roll didn\u2019t use GLP-1, he was prescribed metformin, a drug used to treat diabetes. Keep scrolling to learn more about the drug and how it helped the singer lose weight.<\/p>\n

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\n Related: <\/span>Jelly Roll Reveals He Can Fit in Louis Vuitton Amid Weight Loss Journey<\/span><\/a>
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\n\t\t\tJelly Roll isn\u2019t just shredding pounds \u2014 he\u2019s leveling up his style game, too. The country star, 40, celebrated a major milestone in his weight loss journey: being able to rock high-end designer outfits. \u201cI can fit in Louis Vuitton now. Pray for my bank account,\u201d he captioned a new post via Instagram on Monday, [\u2026]\t\t<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Metformin Is Meant to Help Treat Diabetes<\/h2>\n

According to Harvard Health<\/a>, the drug was approved for use in Europe in 1959 and in the United States in 1995. It is the most widely used drug for the treatment of diabetes for people who cannot control their blood sugar through diet and exercise.<\/p>\n

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Harvard Health also noted that the drug has other benefits. These include the treatment of prediabetes (the drug can delay the onset of symptoms), gestational diabetes (which some pregnant women develop), polycystic ovarian syndrome (the drug can help regular the menstrual cycle), and weight gain from the use of antipsychotic medicines.<\/p>\n

Researchers are also currently studying if the drug can help lower the risk of cancer for people who have type 2 diabetes, lower the risk of dementia and stroke and prevent age-related diseases.<\/p>\n

Why Jelly Roll Used Metformin<\/h2>\n

Jelly Roll worked with nurse practitioner Danese Raxroad<\/strong>, who treated him through Ways2Well. Jelly Roll was diagnosed with levels of insulin he described to Men\u2019s Health as \u201csuper high.\u201d<\/p>\n

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