Endocrine Abstracts

Introduction: More than 50 years after its introducing in 1957 (1996 in USA), metformin is used today in more than 90 countries. It is the most efficient, safe and costless anti-hyperglycemic agent in the treatment of type 2 diabetes mellitus. Its principal risk remains metformin-associated lactic acidosis (MALA), subject of controversies as reported in a recent Cochrane database review in 2010.Patients and methods: We present personal series of all case...