Forxiga 10 mg

Indication

SGLT2 inhibitor for adults with type 2 diabetes (with diet and exercise, alone or with other glucose-lowering medicines including insulin), symptomatic chronic heart failure, and chronic kidney disease. Prescription only.

Ingredients

• Dapagliflozin (as propanediol monohydrate) 10 mg

Direction

Take 1 tablet (10 mg) once daily at any time of day, with or without food. Swallow whole with water. When used with insulin or a sulfonylurea, the doctor may lower their dose to reduce the risk of low blood sugar. Treatment should not be started if kidney function (eGFR) is below 25 mL/min.

Side effects

• Very common: low blood sugar when used with a sulfonylurea or insulin.
• Common: genital yeast infections
• urinary tract infection
• back pain
• passing more urine
• dizziness
• rash
• changes in blood cholesterol.
• Rare: diabetic ketoacidosis. Very rare: necrotising fasciitis of the perineum (Fournier's gangrene).

Precautions

• Do not use if allergic to dapagliflozin or any ingredient. Not for type 1 diabetes.
• Stop and seek urgent help for signs of diabetic ketoacidosis (nausea
• vomiting
• stomach pain
• excessive thirst
• fast breathing
• confusion
• unusual sleepiness)
• which can occur even with normal blood sugar.
• Risk of dehydration and low blood pressure
• especially in the elderly or with diuretics
• drink enough fluids.
• Seek urgent care for pain
• tenderness
• redness or swelling of the genitals or the area between the genitals and anus.
• Not recommended in the second and third trimesters of pregnancy or during breastfeeding.