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Hypo/Hyper Thyroid and or Type 2 Diabetic?

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Drugs.com - I have just seen the following email alert from drugs.com re some Type 2 Prescriptions and thought I would pass it on.

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SGLT2 Inhibitors: Drug Safety Communication - Labels to Include Warnings About Too Much Acid in the Blood and Serious Urinary Tract Infections

December 4, 2015

Audience: Pharmacy, Emergency Medicine

ISSUE: An FDA safety review has resulted in adding warnings to the labels of a specific class of type 2 diabetes medicines called sodium-glucose cotransporter-2 (SGLT2) inhibitors about the risks of too much acid in the blood and of serious urinary tract infections. Both conditions can result in hospitalization.

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Thanks for posting this SAMBS. Most useful to me as my son has Type 2 Diabetes.

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