Use of metformin in the setting of mild-to-moderate renal insufficiency

Diabetes Care. 2011 Jun;34(6):1431-7. doi: 10.2337/dc10-2361.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Acidosis, Lactic / chemically induced
  • Contraindications
  • Creatinine / blood
  • Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 / drug therapy*
  • Female
  • Glomerular Filtration Rate
  • Humans
  • Hypoglycemic Agents / pharmacokinetics
  • Hypoglycemic Agents / therapeutic use*
  • Insulin / therapeutic use
  • Male
  • Metformin* / pharmacokinetics
  • Metformin* / therapeutic use
  • Myocardial Infarction / prevention & control
  • Practice Guidelines as Topic
  • Renal Insufficiency / drug therapy*

Substances

  • Hypoglycemic Agents
  • Insulin
  • Metformin
  • Creatinine