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Suggest Treatment For Overdosed Intake Of Metformin

I took 3000 milligrams of metformin by accident. They look almost exactly like the Divalpoex that I take at 1500 mg (3 500 mg tablets). Normally I take 1000 mg of the Metformin twice a day, so 2000 mg total daily. I had not taken the second dose of Metformin. I also took approximately 2.5 mg of Glipizide. The only other medications I have had in the last 24 hours was Lantus insulin about 16 hours prior to taking the Metformin. So my question is, considering how much Metformin I just took, should I be heading to the ER?
posted on Sun, 13 Jul 2014
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Dear sir I can understand your concern
the extra dose of 1000 mg of metformin will not cause any damage
but taking this kind of dose daily may lead to a condition called lactic acidosis and some times it might turn fatal also.
So single extra dose may not cause damage.
regards
Dr vamsi
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Suggest Treatment For Overdosed Intake Of Metformin

Dear sir I can understand your concern the extra dose of 1000 mg of metformin will not cause any damage but taking this kind of dose daily may lead to a condition called lactic acidosis and some times it might turn fatal also. So single extra dose may not cause damage. regards Dr vamsi