BMJ 2020; 370 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.m3342 (Published 23 September 2020) Kristian B Filion, Lisa M Lix, Oriana HY Yu, Sophie Dell’Aniello, Antonios Douros, Baiju R Shah, Audray St-Jean, Anat Fisher, Eric Tremblay, Shawn C Bugden, Silvia Alessi-Severini,...
First published: 08 May 2020 Abstract AIMS The United States Food and Drug Administration has warned of an increased risk of serious urinary tract infection (UTI) and Fournier’s gangrene in patients with diabetes mellitus type 2 treated with...
BMJ 2020; 369:m1107 (Published 29 April 2020) DOI: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.m1107 Key messages Sodium glucose co-transporter-2 (SGLT2) inhibitors came to market amid heightened concern over the safety of diabetes drugs The drugs have received several serious safety warnings since...
Empagliflozin (Jardiance) inhibits the sodium-glucose co-transporter 2 (SGLT2), which is the predominant mechanism responsible for reabsorption of glucose from the glomerular filtrate back into the circulation. By inhibiting SGLT2, empagliflozin increases urinary glucose excretion.1 Empagliflozin...