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This is scary

2t9nty
2t9nty Posts: 1,673 Member
edited December 2024 in Social Groups
https://wgntv.com/2019/05/09/diabetes-drug-may-cause-infection-that-destroys-genitals-study-warns/

https://annals.org/aim/article-abstract/2732837/fournier-gangrene-associated-sodium-glucose-cotransporter-2-inhibitors-review-spontaneous

Brand and generic names of SGLT2 inhibitors and combination products that contain SGLT2 inhibitors include:
canagliflozin (Invokana)
dapagliflozin (Farxiga)
empagliflozin (Jardiance)
empagliflozin/linagliptin (Glyxambi)
empagliflozin/metformin (Synjardy)
dapagliflozin/metformin (Xigduo XR)

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  • chelny
    chelny Posts: 179 Member
    yeah, I heard about that. yikes.
  • rheddmobile
    rheddmobile Posts: 6,840 Member
    So these are the meds that work by making you pee sugar? And the problem is that bacteria eats the sugar and causes urinary tract infection? Scary. I know some people on these types of drugs.
  • Yadagoy
    Yadagoy Posts: 39 Member
    I was supposed to start on Farxiga a couple of months ago. I had seen something like this already, so I've been putting it off trying to work on stabilizing BG with changes to diet and exercise. I see fairly good results if I'm good about a low carb diet, but it's still hard for me to follow all the time.
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