Metformin has been used for many years by diabetic patients and there is no evidence that it causes such problems. Once pregnancy has been confirmed, there is no advantage in continuing treatment and it should be discontinued.
Related Medical Abstracts - Click on the paper title:-
- Neonatal outcome in polycystic ovarian syndrome patients treated with metformin during pregnancy. (2006-01)
- Continuing metformin throughout pregnancy in women with polycystic ovary syndrome appears to safely reduce first-trimester spontaneous abortion: A pilot study. (2001)
- Congenital malformations in offspring of diabetic women treated with oral hypoglycaemic agents during embryogenesis. (1994)
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