Feel More Comfortable Dispensing Metformin in STABLE Kidney Disease
March 2015
You'll see metformin used more in patients with kidney disease.
Only half of all type 2 diabetes patients take metformin...partly due to concerns about renal function and lactic acidosis.
Metformin is currently contraindicated when serum creatinine is ≥ 136 micromol/L in men or ≥ 124 in women...or if CrCl < 60 mL/min.
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