[optimal] Re: ICG and Metformin
- From: Randall Gannon <randygannon@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: optimal@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 6 May 2011 09:12:08 -0700
Our RN found this paper from "The Royal Australian and New Zealand College
of Ophthalmologists"
Fluorescein and Indocyanine Green Angiography Guidelines.
#17 Indocyanine Green Angiography
...... ICG Andiography may theoretically precipitate lactic acidosis in
patients taking the medication
Metformin, and caution is advised in performing !CG angiography on patients
taking this medication
Randall Gannon CRA
Scripps Clinic
La Jolla, CA
On Thu, May 5, 2011 at 10:07 PM, Lydia Dimmer <lydiadimmer@xxxxxxxxxxx>wrote:
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> I think the chance of a reaction was pretty low to begin with....
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> Lydia Dimmer, COT, CRA, OCT-C
> Eye Associates Northwest, PC
> Seattle, WA
> 206/342-6140
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> From: ESnodgrass@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> To: optimal@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Date: Thu, 5 May 2011 14:29:06 -0700
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> Subject: [optimal] ICG and Metformin
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> I just finished an ICG angiogram for a pt who takes Metformin and,
> appropriately, took his last dose Sunday evening so we could proceed with
> the ICG.
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> A “new” RN to Ophthalmology wanted to see literature on this subject, so
> she researched the Stanford RX library, the literature that accompanies the
> dye and found no contraindication with ICG and Metformin. We phoned our
> hospital pharmacy who reported that it is no longer necessary to stop
> Metformin with IVICG.
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> Comments?
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> *Beth Snodgrass, CRA*
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> *Byers Eye Institute @ Stanford*
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> *2452 Watson Court *
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> *Palo Alto, California 94303*
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> *650-498-4262*
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