SGLT inhibitors have changed the treatment landscape for cardiovascular and kidney disease, particularly in people with type 2 diabetes, heart failure, and chronic kidney disease. That success raises an obvious question: why are SGLT inhibitors in type 1 diabetes still largely outside routine clinical practice? The answer is not a …
Read More »Normal Blood Sugar, But Still in DKA? The Hidden Danger of Euglycemic Ketoacidosis
Euglycemic diabetic ketoacidosis can challenge one of the most familiar clinical shortcuts in diabetes care: DKA should come with markedly elevated glucose. In patients taking sodium-glucose cotransporter 2 (SGLT2) inhibitors, however, dangerous ketoacidosis may develop while glucose remains normal or only modestly elevated. As a result, euglycemic DKA in patients …
Read More »Farxiga Just Went Generic—Will Lower Prices Finally Change Diabetes Care?
For many people living with type 2 diabetes, the biggest challenge is not finding an effective medication. It is being able to afford it. That reality may begin to change now that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved the first generic versions of Farxiga (dapagliflozin), potentially making …
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