My patient started a once-daily regimen of lamivudine + stavudine + nevirapine. He developed lactic acidosis and discontinued treatment, yet the symptoms of lactic acidosis remained. At present his ...

A 58-year-old woman who has adult-onset diabetes mellitus, hypertension, and hyperlipidemia was taking simvastatin (Zocor) 40 mg, glyburide (Diabeta) 20 mg, metformin (Glucophage) 850 mg t.i.d., ...

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 is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract Lactic acidosis is occasionally responsible for metabolic acidosis in diabetics. It may occur in the presence of normal blood levels of the ...

How high can creatinine go before you must stop or alter the metformin dose? —MICHAEL QUIRK, PA-C, Cudjoe Key, Fla. A principal concern in patients using metformin is the development of lactic ...

The case of an extremely obese diabetic patient who acquired lactic acidosis while fasting and who subsequently died is described. From the departments of Medicine, University Hospitals of Cleveland, ...

It was once believed that lactic acid buildup in the muscles was the cause of soreness and fatigue following a strenuous workout. However, recent research indicates that this is due to inflammation ...

The paper by Daughaday, Lipicky and Rasinski, appearing elsewhere in this issue of the Journal, reminds one that the original description of lactic acidosis in 1961 made the condition appear to be a ...