An old friend turned foe: Metformin‐induced diarrhea with resultant symptomatic hypokalemia, hypomagnesemia, hypocalcemia, and hypophosphatemia

Metformin is known for gastrointestinal side effects, but has rarely been associated with diarrhea severe enough to cause symptomatic electrolyte abnormalities and hospitalization. This case illustrates such that occurred despite multiple outpatient encounters for diarrhea. Additionally, this case h...

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Autores principales: Sharma, Avirale, Walsh, David
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2021
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8364933/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34429999
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.4621
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spelling pubmed-83649332021-08-23 An old friend turned foe: Metformin‐induced diarrhea with resultant symptomatic hypokalemia, hypomagnesemia, hypocalcemia, and hypophosphatemia Sharma, Avirale Walsh, David Clin Case Rep Case Report Metformin is known for gastrointestinal side effects, but has rarely been associated with diarrhea severe enough to cause symptomatic electrolyte abnormalities and hospitalization. This case illustrates such that occurred despite multiple outpatient encounters for diarrhea. Additionally, this case highlights the importance of a comprehensive medical reconciliation as part of a thorough medical evaluation. John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2021-08-15 /pmc/articles/PMC8364933/ /pubmed/34429999 http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.4621 Text en © 2021 The Authors. Clinical Case Reports published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/This is an open access article under the terms of the http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) License, which permits use and distribution in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited, the use is non‐commercial and no modifications or adaptations are made.
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title An old friend turned foe: Metformin‐induced diarrhea with resultant symptomatic hypokalemia, hypomagnesemia, hypocalcemia, and hypophosphatemia
title_full An old friend turned foe: Metformin‐induced diarrhea with resultant symptomatic hypokalemia, hypomagnesemia, hypocalcemia, and hypophosphatemia
title_fullStr An old friend turned foe: Metformin‐induced diarrhea with resultant symptomatic hypokalemia, hypomagnesemia, hypocalcemia, and hypophosphatemia
title_full_unstemmed An old friend turned foe: Metformin‐induced diarrhea with resultant symptomatic hypokalemia, hypomagnesemia, hypocalcemia, and hypophosphatemia
title_short An old friend turned foe: Metformin‐induced diarrhea with resultant symptomatic hypokalemia, hypomagnesemia, hypocalcemia, and hypophosphatemia
title_sort old friend turned foe: metformin‐induced diarrhea with resultant symptomatic hypokalemia, hypomagnesemia, hypocalcemia, and hypophosphatemia
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.4621
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