01 September 2018 – The American Food and Drug Administration (FDA)  is warning that cases of a very rare but serious infection of the genitals and area around the genitals have been reported with the class of type 2 diabetes …

Diabetes: No end to SGLT2-inhibitor drugs side effects Read more »

May 17, 2017 – Following up on an earlier Drug Safety Communication from May 2016 and based on new data from two large clinical trials, the American Food & Drug Administration (FDA) has concluded that the type 2 diabetes medicines …

Risk of leg and foot amputations under Canagliflozin (Invokana, Invokamet) Read more »

December 5, 2015 – A safety review by the American Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has resulted in the addition of specific warnings to the drug labels of a specific class of type 2 diabetes medicines called sodium-glucose cotransporter-2 (SGLT2) inhibitors …

SGLT2 Inhibitors and ketoacidosis: Warnings about too much acid in the blood and serious urinary tract infections included in new drug labels Read more »