Phenformin-Associated Lactic Acidosis Due to Imported Phenformin
- Hua Chung Lu, MD,
- Purvi P Parikh, MD and
- Daniel L Lorber, MD
- Address correspondence and reprint requests to Daniel Lorber, MD, Division of Endocrinology, New York Hospital Medical Center of Queens, 56–45 Main St., Flushing, NY, 11355. E-mail: lorberdan{at}aol.com
Abstract
OBJECTIVE To emphasize the continued incidence of phenformin-associated lactic acidosis.
CASE REPORT We report a case of phenformin-associated lactic acidosis in a Chinese man who received phenformin while in China. Diagnosis was made; the patient was treated appropriately and survived.
COMMENTS Phenformin-associated lactic acidosis may still occur in the U.S.
- Received March 11, 1996.
- Revision received July 11, 1996.
- Accepted July 11, 1996.
- Copyright © 1996 by the American Diabetes Association
