Certain medications are known to cause lactic acidosis, most notably nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitors, which are used for the treatment of HIV infection, and biguanides such as ...

Congenital lactic acidosis refers to a group of inborn errors of metabolism characterized in the neonatal period by metabolic acidosis associated with an overwhelming accumulation of lactate.

Its physiological meaning has not yet been definitely determined, but the most common explanation is a failure of the body’s buffering mechanisms which leads to metabolic (lactic) acidosis. It was ...

Here’s more information about lactic acid and whether lactic acidosis is something that runners should worry about. Runners are probably all too familiar with the feeling of lactate build-up ...