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If you are eating very little or unable to eat at all due to unknown abdominal pain (suspect pancreatitis), should you take metformin?

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Dr. K. Mujib Haque answered

Specializes in Internal Medicine

Find out about pain: Metformin can give abdominal pain or diarrhea. Can cause metabolic acidosis as well. Please seek answers. Labs, CT abdomen, etc. Miight be necessary.

Answered 7/6/2015

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