ASIDE INTERNAL MEDICINE 12 ASIDE Internal Medicine * Corresponding author: Mahmoud Nassar, MD, PhD, MSc, MHA, MPA, CPHQ, SSBB., Department of Medicine, Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, University at Buffalo, New York, USA. Email Address: mailto:Dr.Nassar@aucegypt.edu ISSN (Print) 3065-9671, ISSN (Online) 3065-968X – see front matter © 2024 ASIDE Internal Medicine. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. Hosting by ASIDE Journals. All rights reserved. Citation: Azzam AY, Nassar M, Al Zomia AS, et al. Safety and Efficacy of Metformin for Idiopathic Intracranial Hypertension. A U.S-Based Real-World Data Retrospective Multicenter Cohort Study. ASIDE Int Med. 2024;1(1). doi:10.71079/2024001001 https://doi.org/10.71079/2024001001 Journal homepage: https://asidejournals.com/index.php/internal-medicine Original Article Safety and Efficacy of Metformin for Idiopathic Intracranial Hypertension. A U.S- Based Real-World Data Retrospective Multicenter Cohort Study. Ahmed Y. Azzam 1 , Mahmoud Nassar 2* , Ahmed Saad Al Zomia 3 , Adam Elswedy 4 , Mahmoud M. Morsy 4 , Adham A. Mohamed 5 , Osman Elamin 6 , Omar S. Elsayed 4 , Mohammed A. Azab 7 , Muhammed Amir Essibayi 1, 8 , Jin Wu 9 , Adam A. Dmytirw 10, 11 , David J. Altschul 1, 8 1- Montefiore-Einstein Cerebrovascular Research Lab, Montefiore Medical Center, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY, USA. 2- Department of Medicine, Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, University at Buffalo, New York, USA. 3- College of Medicine, King Khalid University, Abha, Saudi Arabia. 4- Faculty of Medicine, October 6 University, Giza, Egypt. 5- Cairo University Hospitals, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt. 6- Department of Neurosurgery, Jordan Hospital, Amman, Jordan. 7- Department of Neurosurgery, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, OH, USA. 8- Department of Neurological Surgery, Montefiore Medical Center, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY, USA. 9- National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, USA. 10- Neuroendovascular Program, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA. 11- Neurovascular Centre, Divisions of Therapeutic Neuroradiology & Neurosurgery, St. Michael's Hospital, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada.