Changes in labelling for metformin use in patients with type 2 diabetes and heart failure: documented safety outweighs theoretical risks.

What it found

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The trial behind it

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Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed.

1. Association between diabetes mellitus and post-discharge outcomes in patients hospitalized with heart failure: findings from the EVEREST trial.European journal of heart failure · 2013
   Trial
2. Cardiovascular safety of non-insulin pharmacotherapy for type 2 diabetes.Cardiovascular diabetology · 2017
   Review
3. The Role of Metformin in Metformin-Associated Lactic Acidosis (MALA): Case Series and Formulation of a Model of Pathogenesis.Drug safety · 2013
   Article

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Authors and funding

5 authors.

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