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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Main Authors: Alehegn Gelaye, Abdallah Haidar, Christina Kassab, Syed Kazmi, Prabhat Sinha
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2016-01-01
Series:Case Reports in Critical Care
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2016/1656182