My patient started a once-daily regimen of lamivudine + stavudine + nevirapine. He developed lactic acidosis and discontinued treatment, yet the symptoms of lactic acidosis remained. At present his ...

A 58-year-old woman who has adult-onset diabetes mellitus, hypertension, and hyperlipidemia was taking simvastatin (Zocor) 40 mg, glyburide (Diabeta) 20 mg, metformin (Glucophage) 850 mg t.i.d., ...

Metformin is one of most commonly prescribed medications for the treatment of type 2 diabetes mellitus. Metformin exerts its activity by increasing peripheral glucose uptake and utilization, and ...

Usually nothing to worry about, lactic acid is produced as a result of anaerobic metabolism – the process during which the body produces energy without oxygen. When you go for a low-intensity run, ...

Lactic acidosis represents a challenging metabolic complication in patients with haematological malignancies. Notably, type B lactic acidosis occurs in the absence of hypoxia and is associated with ...

SEVERE metabolic acidosis, when it occurs in diabetic patients, is generally the result of excessive hepatic production of acetoacetic and beta-hydroxybutyric acid. Exceptional cases of metabolic ...

young man suffering from gastritis abdominal pain due to flatulence diarrhea or acidosis. Did you know that the pH of the human body ranges between 7.35 and 7.45, which is slightly alkaline? But what ...

A recent study by University Medicine Halle shows how sepsis can lead to dysfunction of vascular smooth muscle cells. The researchers found that elevated lactate levels and acidosis, which can occur ...