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Lactic acidosis: case report In a case-control study involving 92 elderly patients, one man [exact age not stated] was described, who developed mild asymptomatic lactic acidosis during treatment with metformin for type-2 diabetes mellitus [route, dosage and duration of treatment to reaction onset not stated]. The man’s lactic acid was >4 mmol/L, which was associated with anion-gap metabolic acidosis. His lactic acidosis had resolved following discontinuation of metformin. Gosmanova EO, et al. Metformin is associated with increase in lactate level in elderly patients with type 2 diabetes and CKD stage 3: A case-control study. Journal of 803448918 Diabetes and its Complications 34: No. 1, Jan 2020. Available from: URL: http://doi.org/10.1016/j.jdiacomp.2019.107474
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