Good question. But we don’t know the answer yet.
European authorities and even the U.S. Food and Drug Administration are looking into the possible connection. Stay tuned. Visit The Low Carb Diabetic site (link below) for more details.
“The European Medicines Agency (EMA)’s Pharmacovigilance Risk Assessment Committee (PRAC) has extended the scope of its investigation into the possible link between the sodium glucose cotransporter 2 (SGLT2) inhibitor canagliflozin (Invokana, Vokanamet, Janssen) and amputations to include other drugs of the same class.
Now, the PRAC’s review will include the other SGLT2 inhibitor medicines dapagliflozin (Farxiga, Xigduo XR, AstraZeneca), and empagliflozin (Jardiance, Boehringer Ingelheim), based on the determination that the potential risk may be relevant for them as well.”
Source: The Low Carb Diabetic: EMA Extends Amputation Investigation to All SGLT2 Inhibitors
Steve Parker, M.D.
PS: SGLT2 inhibitors are the drugs that reduce blood glucose by shunting it into your urine. Makes more sense to me instead to reduce your blood sugar by eating fewer carbohydrates, the primary source of blood sugar in most folks.
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