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Metformin-induced lactic acidosis extremely rare
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The link between metformin and lactic acidosis, when used as prescribed, is tenuous. The bigger question is whether lactic acidosis risk truly increases when we relax criteria and give it to patients previously forbidden to take it. (LOE=1a)

 
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Salpeter SR, Greyber E, Pasternak GA, Salpeter EE. Risk of fatal and nonfatal lactic acidosis with metformin use in type 2 diabetes mellitus. Arch Intern Med 2003; 163:2594–2602.

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The link between metformin and lactic acidosis, when used as prescribed, is tenuous. The bigger question is whether lactic acidosis risk truly increases when we relax criteria and give it to patients previously forbidden to take it. (LOE=1a)

 
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The link between metformin and lactic acidosis, when used as prescribed, is tenuous. The bigger question is whether lactic acidosis risk truly increases when we relax criteria and give it to patients previously forbidden to take it. (LOE=1a)

 
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The Journal of Family Practice - 53(4)
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