Open AccessMetformin toxicity: A meta-summary of case reports
Author(s) -
Deven Juneja,
Prashant Nasa,
Ravi Jain
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
world journal of diabetes
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 1948-9358
DOI - 10.4239/wjd.v13.i8.654
Subject(s) - medicine , metformin , hyperlactatemia , lactic acidosis , adverse effect , diabetes mellitus , toxicity , clinical trial , intensive care unit , intensive care medicine , endocrinology
Metformin is arguably the most commonly prescribed oral hypoglycemic agent for the management of diabetes. Due to the lack of randomized control trials, most of the data pertaining to the clinical course, therapeutic interventions and outcomes of patients with metformin induced toxicity has come from case reports or series.