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Sodium-Glucose Cotransporter 2 Inhibitors Increase Risk for Falls in Patients With Diabetes

WEDNESDAY, April 30, 2025 – Sodium-glucose cotransporter 2 (SGLT2) inhibitor use is an independent risk factor for falls in people with type 2 diabetes, according to a study published online March...

Depression Risk Lower With GLP-1 Receptor Agonists Versus DPP-4 Inhibitors in Seniors

MONDAY, Feb. 24, 2025 – For older adults with type 2 diabetes (T2D), use of glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists (GLP-1 RAs) is associated with a modestly lower risk for depression compared...

Certain Glucose-Lowering Meds Associated With Lower Risk for COPD Exacerbations

FRIDAY, Feb. 21, 2025 – For patients with type 2 diabetes (T2D) and chronic obstructive pulmonary disorder (COPD), sodium-glucose cotransporter-2 inhibitors (SGLT-2is) and glucagon-like peptide-1...

Diabetes Remission Increased With Dapagliflozin Plus Calorie Restriction

MONDAY, Jan. 27, 2025 – For patients with overweight or obesity and type 2 diabetes, dapagliflozin plus regular calorie restriction is associated with a significantly higher rate of remission of...

Certain Meds and Diet Can Reverse Type 2 Diabetes

FRIDAY, Jan. 24, 2025 – People can reverse their type 2 diabetes through a combination of calorie cutting and medication, a small clinical trial says. Overweight and obese adults caused their...

AHA: Variation Seen in Rates of SGLT2i Rx for Heart Failure, LVEF >40 Percent

TUESDAY, Nov. 26, 2024 – From 2021 to 2023, there was an increase in prescription rates of a sodium-glucose cotransporter-2 inhibitor (SGLT2i) for patients with heart failure and a left ventricular...

AHA: GLP-1 RA, SGLT-2i Use Can Lower Risk for MI, Recurrent Stroke in Stroke Survivors

TUESDAY, Nov. 12, 2024 – For patients with ischemic stroke, sodium-glucose cotransporter-2 inhibitors (SGLT-2is) and glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists (GLP-1 RAs) are associated with reduced...

Some Diabetes Meds Could Lower Odds for Dementia, Parkinson's

THURSDAY, Sept. 19, 2024 – A specific class of diabetes drug appears to lower people’s risk for dementia and Parkinson’s disease, a new study shows. Sodium-glucose cotransporter-2 (SGLT2) inh...

Metformin, SGLT2 Inhibitors Exhibit Significantly Lower Dementia Risk

MONDAY, July 15, 2024 – Compared with other antidiabetic classes, metformin and sodium glucose co-transporter-2 inhibitors (SGLT2is) exhibit significantly lower dementia risk, according to a review...

Farxiga Extended in the US to Reduce Risk of Cardiovascular Death and Hospitalisation for Heart Failure to a Broader Range of Patients

May 9, 2023 – AstraZeneca’s Farxiga (dapagliflozin) has been approved in the US to reduce the risk of cardiovascular (CV) death, hospitalisation for heart failure (hHF) and urgent heart failure (HF) ...

Farxiga Approved in the US for the Treatment of Chronic Kidney Disease in Patients at Risk of Progression With and Without Type-2 Diabetes

30 April 2021 Approval is the most significant advancement in the treatment of chronic kidney disease in more than 20 years In DAPA-CKD Phase III trial, Farxiga demonstrated unprecedented reduction...

Farxiga Approved in the US for the Treatment of Heart Failure in Patients with Heart Failure with Reduced Ejection Fraction

6 May 2020 – AstraZeneca’s Farxiga (dapagliflozin) has been approved in the US to reduce the risk of cardiovascular (CV) death and hospitalisation for heart failure in adults with heart failure (...

FDA Approves Farxiga (dapagliflozin) to Reduce the Risk of Hospitalization for Heart Failure in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes

21 October 2019 – AstraZeneca today announced that the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved Farxiga (dapagliflozin) to reduce the risk of hospitalization for heart failure (hHF) in...

FDA Approves Qternmet XR (dapagliflozin, saxagliptin and metformin hydrochloride) for Type 2 Diabetes

 3 May 2019 – The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved Qternmet XR (dapagliflozin, saxagliptin and metformin hydrochloride) extended release tablets as an oral adjunct treatment to ...

FDA Medwatch Alert: SGLT2 (sodium-glucose cotransporter-2) Inhibitors for Diabetes: Drug Safety Communication - Regarding Rare Occurrences of a Serious Infection of the Genital Area

ISSUE: FDA is warning that cases of a rare but serious infection of the genitals and area around the genitals have been reported with the class of type 2 diabetes medicines called sodium-glucose...

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