Severe Ketoacidosis Associated with Canagliflozin (Invokana): A Safety Concern
Canagliflozin (Invokana) is a selective sodium glucose cotransporter-2 (SGLT-2) inhibitor that was first introduced in 2013 for the treatment of type 2 diabetes mellitus (DM). Though not FDA approved yet, its use in type 1 DM has been justified by the fact that its mechanism of action is independent...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Hindawi Limited
2016-01-01
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Series: | Case Reports in Critical Care |
Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2016/1656182 |