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Sodium-Glucose Cotransporter 2 Inhibitor medications

“Sodium-Glucose Cotransporter 2 Inhibitor” is a drug class recorded for these medicines in the National Library of Medicine’s RxClass service — usually the FDA “established pharmacologic class” from the drug label, which groups medicines by how they work or what they are. Our directory includes 4 medicines in this class, 1 of which carries a boxed warning on the label shown.
  • Empagliflozin

    Brand names: Jardiance

    The label says: JARDIANCE is indicated: to reduce the risk of cardiovascular death and hospitalization for heart failure in adults with heart failure. …

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  • Dapagliflozin

    Brand names: Farxiga

    The label says: Dapagliflozin tablets are indicated: To reduce the risk of hospitalization for heart failure in adults with type 2 diabetes mellitus and either established CV disease or multiple CV risk factors. As an adjunct to diet and exercise to improve glycemic control in adults with type 2 diabetes mellitus. …

    UsesWhat it looks likeWarnings

  • Canagliflozin

    Brand names: Invokana

    The label says: INVOKANA (canagliflozin) is indicated: as an adjunct to diet and exercise to improve glycemic control in adults and pediatric patients aged 10 years and older with type 2 diabetes mellitus. …

    UsesWhat it looks likeWarnings

  • Empagliflozin and metformin

    Brand names: Synjardy

    The label says: SYNJARDY SYNJARDY is a combination of empagliflozin, a sodium-glucose co-transporter 2 (SGLT2) inhibitor and metformin hydrochloride (HCl) immediate-release, a biguanide, indicated as an adjunct to diet and exercise to improve glycemic control in adults and pediatric patients aged 10 years and older …

    UsesWhat it looks likeWarnings (boxed)

Medicines in the same class can still differ in their approved uses, warnings and side effects. Class membership comes from the FDA label data published through the National Library of Medicine's RxClass service.

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