Terminal illness is a disease that cannot be cured or adequately treated and that is reasonably expected to result in the death of the patient within a short period of time.he six-month standard is arbitrary, and best available estimates of longevity may be incorrect. Consequently, though a given patient may properly be considered terminal, this is not a guarantee that the patient will die within six months.
1 Stop metformin if the eGFR is below 30 ml/minute/1.73m2.  Prescribe metformin with caution for those at risk of a sudden deterioration in kidney function and those at risk of eGFR falling below 45ml/minute/1.73m2.
astunally. 1  Hello all, I was wondering how long you can stay on Metformin , my daughter has PCOS , she hardly has a period and the doctor told her she has to take Metformin 850 x 2 a day and take the pill Diane to regulate her periods and help with weight loss. Problem is she gets side effects from the Metformin ie dizzy, triedness, and heart palpatations.