Metformin stinks, literally

Annals of Internal Medicine

Volumn 152, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 267-268

  Pelletier, Allen L ^a   Butler, Ann M ^a   Gillies, Ralph A ^a   May, J Russell ^b  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METFORMIN; ANTIDIABETIC AGENT; GENERIC DRUG;

ABDOMINAL DISTENSION; ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIARRHEA; DRUG RELEASE; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FLATULENCE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; NAUSEA AND VOMITING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TASTE DISORDER; TASTE DISTORTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT; DRUG DOSAGE FORM; LETTER; NAUSEA; ODOR;

ADULT; DIABETES MELLITUS; DOSAGE FORMS; DRUGS, GENERIC; HUMANS; HYPOGLYCEMIC AGENTS; MALE; METFORMIN; NAUSEA; ODORS;

EID: 77949529767     PISSN: 00034819     EISSN: 15393704     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7326/0003-4819-152-4-201002160-00023     Document Type: Article

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