Metformin overdose: An unusual cause of severe metabolic acidosis

• Main Authors: Yatendra Singh (Author), Subhash Chandra Joshi (Author), Ishwar Tayal (Author), Narinder Sharma (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications, 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Metformin is commonly used in the treatment of type 2 diabetes mellitus (DM). Severe lactic acidosis is a rare side effect of this drug. We present a 45-year-old man who deliberately took 30 g of metformin, presumably with suicidal intent. He had not eaten the previous night and presented with alter...