Table 3.
Contraindications to metformin use (14)
| Impaired kidney function |
| Age >80 yr |
| Liver disease |
| Congestive heart failure |
| Respiratory disease with risk for hypoxemia |
| Heavy ethanol use |
| Intravascular radiocontrast administration |
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