RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 MALAdaptive: Do We Avoid Metformin Unnecessarily?
JF The Journal of the American Board of Family
                Medicine
JO J Am Board Fam Med
FD American Board of Family Medicine
SP 136
OP 141
DO 10.3122/jabfm.2014.01.120173
VO 27
IS 1
A1 Chris Terpening
YR 2014
UL http://www.jabfm.org/content/27/1/136.abstract
AB Convention holds that the use of metformin is contraindicated in many patients secondary to concerns about lactic acidosis. However, current evidence suggests that metformin-associated lactic acidosis is at most idiosyncratic. Awareness of the current evidence should permit broader use of this valuable medication.