 [ Symptoms ] my mother 69 just tested positvie for mono for the 2nd time in 13 months she has not kissed anyone in many years why  she was so weak and tired last year i thought we were going to loose her she has been back to her normal self for about 4 months until two weeks ago when she tested positive for strep and an ear infection she has been on antibotics for 2 weeks and asked the dr to test her again for mono and the test came back positive  she has not kissed anyone in many years could something else be causing a false positive are there any other tests she should ask for to rule out something they are missing [ Disease ] metformin is a commonly used medication for diabetes in addition to helping manage type 2 diabetes it may be used to treat gestational diabetes or diabetes that arises during pregnancy it has also been used to treat polycystic ovarian syndrome pcos a condition in which a woman is hormones are out of balance