Empagliflozin / metformin and Shortness Of Breath: What Users Say

• Hom...
• Taken for 1 to 6 months
• April 19, 2020

For Type 2 Diabetes "It really helped me lower my sugar, but it gave me difficulty breathing, and because of that, I also couldn't sleep well. I wish Synjardy didn't have such side effects on me, cause it really works. But with strict diet and exercise, I have been able to keep my sugar in the normal range."

• Mad...
• November 20, 2020

For Type 2 Diabetes "Third day taking this Synjardy XR, I was feeling short of breath, dizzy, pain in belly. Doctor said to skip the evening dose. The next morning, I couldn't stop vomiting. Blood sugar was in the 110s, rose to 180s. My feet, hands, and lips turned purple. In the ER, the triage nurse, upon hearing the medication I'd recently started, yelled out to get me on the list for an ICU room. (During Covid-19 pandemic) I was hospitalized for 5 days. ER doctor stated I was the 3rd patient that week who went in to Euglycemic Ketoacidosis who was on SYNJARDY XR! He says prior to this medication, DKA was usually seen in patients with blood sugars in the 600s, not 100s. My body chemistry was 'not compatible with life.' I've had three doctors state it was 100% the medication that caused me to almost lose my life. Now I'm in physical therapy. Unable to work. Wish I had gotten a 2nd opinion before starting this medication! It turned my life upside down. Prior to this, HbA1c was 6.9."

• Lis...
• Taken for less than 1 month
• December 30, 2018

For Type 2 Diabetes "Used less than a week and stopped taking. Headache, body aches, nauseated, muscle weakness, abdomen hurting, hard to breathe... all around felt like total garbage!"