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-----Original Message-----
From: Newman <[log in to unmask]>
To: [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]>
Date: November 17, 1998 5:46 PM
Subject: glucophage
>The decision is up to the mother, not the doctors. However, I presume that
>she will need diabetic control for only a short period of time after
>delivery, say a few weeks at most. Why not use insulin? Eh? What about
>it? After all, the baby might be at lower risk for diabetes himself. Huh?
>
>However, this is from the drug manufacturer's insert:
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>"Metformin, at therapeutic doses, does not cause hypoglycemia when used
>alone in man or in the nondiabetic animal, except in near lethal dose."
>
>So what's the problem? As usual "if in doubt, tell the mother she can't
>breastfeed".
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>ARRGH! (quoting myself).
>
>Jack Newman, MD, FRCPC
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