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A Case Report on Metformin-Associated Lactic Acidosis

Metformin is the first-line therapy for patients with type 2 diabetes, and its most common adverse effects are gastrointestinal. Lactic acidosis associated with metformin use is rare. Here, we report the case of a 77-year-old man with a medical history of diabetes (treated with metformin), hypertens...

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Autores principales: Rai, Harpreet K, Patel, Pranavkumar, Reddy, Kalpana
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7466060/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32905164
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.9533