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[2] [3] As of 2014, several medications of this class had been approved or were under development. [4] In studies on canagliflozin , a member of this class, the medication was found to enhance blood sugar control as well as reduce body weight and systolic and diastolic blood pressure .
In clinical trials, participants with type 2 diabetes taking empagliflozin with other diabetic medications lost an average of 2% of their baseline body weight. [ 55 ] [ 56 ] A higher percentage of people taking empagliflozin achieved weight loss greater than 5% from their baseline, which has been associated with improved glucose control.
Dapagliflozin is used along with diet, exercise, and usually with other glucose-lowering medications, to improve glycaemic control in adults with type 2 diabetes. . Dapagliflozin, in addition to other SGLT2-inhibitors, was shown to reduce the rate of decline in kidney function and kidney failure in non-diabetic and type 2 diabetic adults when added to the existing treatment
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