Metformin is one of most commonly prescribed medications for the treatment of type 2 diabetes mellitus. Metformin exerts its activity by increasing peripheral glucose uptake and utilization, and ...

This page lists all known medications that could potentially lead to 'Lactic acidosis' as a side effect. It's important to note that mild side effects are quite common with medications. The medication ...

Usually nothing to worry about, lactic acid is produced as a result of anaerobic metabolism – the process during which the body produces energy without oxygen. Here’s more information about lactic ...

In this paper, [4] the authors studied a community-based cohort of patients with a diagnosis of diabetes mellitus and a postdiagnosis serum creatinine measurement who were receiving care in the ...

SEVERE metabolic acidosis, when it occurs in diabetic patients, is generally the result of excessive hepatic production of acetoacetic and beta-hydroxybutyric acid. Exceptional cases of metabolic ...

Background. A 36-year-old African American man with end-stage renal disease on chronic maintenance hemodialysis was transferred first from a hospital to a long-term acute care facility for advanced ...

Metformin is often the first medicine you’ll take if you have type 2 diabetes—for many reasons. It helps bring down your blood sugar level in three ways: It tells your liver to make less glucose. It ...

What Is a Lactic Acid Blood Test? It’s a test that measures the amount of lactic acid (also called “lactate”) in your blood. This acid is made in muscle cells and red blood cells. It forms when your ...

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Glyburide/metformin oral tablet is available only as a generic drug. It’s not available in a brand-name version. Glyburide/metformin only comes as a tablet you take by mouth. Glyburide/metformin is ...

A 49-year-old man presented to the emergency department with an eight-hour history of unsteady gait, impaired concentration, difficulty speaking and blurry vision, which had developed over the ...