Use Metformin in STABLE Kidney Disease
March 2015
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 (SCr) is ≥ 1.5 mg/dL in men or ≥ 1.4 mg/dL in women.
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