Metformin-dependent Exacerbation of Pathologies in Friedreich’s Ataxia

Free Radical Biology and Medicine, Volume 145, Supplement 1, 2019, Page S81, doi:10.1016/j.freeradbiomed.2019.10.216.

One case report describes metformin treatment for diabetes in a FRDA patient, he developed severe ventricular arrhythmia and died of cardiac failure during a surgery. Future research of FRDA-relevant tissues will better inform on disease exacerbation.


Metformin-dependent Exacerbation of Pathologies in Friedreich’s Ataxia