I received an interesting question by e-mail recently, which brought up several good points to review. The author asked: "Can a patient use metformin after a heart attack (after 12 years of using metformin) assuming the patient has good renal function? My question is if metformin should be avoi...
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Effects of using Metformin in treatment of Type 2 Diabetes.
Terence F. Roe
Tuesday, August 11, 2009 at 02:17 AM
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