ea0022p297 | Diabetes | ECE2010
Harsha K P
, Niveditha G
, Sanjay Reddy
, Kumar K M Prasanna
, Shivamurthy M C
Introduction: Metformin induced impaired vitamin B12 absorption leading to fall in serum cobalamin levels has been described in literature as early as 1971. Approximately 10% of patients and in some studies 30% of patients on metformin therapy developed metformin related cobalamin deficiency. The risk of cobalamin deficiency is comparatively more among patients with vegetarian diet than in non-vegetarians.Objective: To evaluate the effect of dose and dur...