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The cited article below is by Milton Packer, who may have conflicts of interest since he has done work on behalf of drug companies. His article is a review of existing published literature showing beneficial effects of SGLT2 inhibitors on congestive heart failure, cardiovascular death, and kidney disease.
There is compelling evidence that sodium–glucose cotransporter 2 (SGLT2) inhibitors exert cardioprotective and renoprotective effects that are far greater than expected based on their effects on glycemia or glycosuria. In large-scale randomized controlled trials, SGLT2 inhibitors reduce the risk of hospitalizations for heart failure by ∼30% and often decrease the risk of cardiovascular death. This benefit is particularly striking in patients who have the most marked impairment of systolic function prior to treatment. In parallel, SGLT2 inhibitors also reduce the risk of end-stage renal events, including the occurrence of renal death and the need for dialysis or renal transplantation by ∼30%. This benefit is seen even when glomerular filtration rates are sufficiently low to abolish the glycosuric effect of these drugs.
Steve Parker, M.D.
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