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Acidosis láctica en un paciente usuario de metformina

Rev. méd. Maule; 39 (1), 2024
Metformin is a hypoglycemic agent used as the first line for the treatment of non-insulin dependent Diabetes Mellitus. While it is a generally safe drug, it has an infrequent adverse reaction called lactic acidosis. We report a 49 year-old patient with non-insulin-requiring type 2diabetes who developed a...

Acidosis láctica asociada a metformina: caso clínico

Rev. méd. Chile; 145 (8), 2017
Metformin-associated lactic acidosis is a severe and infrequent adverse event. Early diagnosis is essential to start an early treatment, which often has favorable results. We report a 56 years old non-insulin-requiring type 2 diabetic female who developed a severe metabolic acidosis associated with metfo...