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Metformin, dehydration and lactic acidosis

Metformin, dehydration and lactic acidosis

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Metformin, dehydration and lactic acidosis

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Metformin, dehydration and lactic acidosis

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Australian adverse drug reactions bulletin, 2009-06, Vol.28 (3), p.11

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Since 1985, ADRAC has received 141 reports of lactic acidosis associated with metformin, 25 of which described a fatal outcome. Many of the reports describe a recent history of diarrhoea, vomiting or gastrointestinal infection prior to the development of acidosis. (non- author abstract)

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Metformin, dehydration and lactic acidosis

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TN_cdi_rmit_collectionsjats_10_3316_informit_561306293986171

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0812-3837

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