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Podcast: Real Life Pharmacology - Pharmacology Education for Health Care Professionals
Episode: Empagliflozin Pharmacology
Description: On this episode I discuss empagliflozin pharmacology and how this medication lowers blood sugar.
In this episode, I talk about empagliflozin pharmacology. Empagliflozin is more commonly known by the brand name Jardiance and is in the class of sodium-glucose co-transporter-2 inhibitors or SGLT2 inhibitors. Jardiance use has definitely escalated over the last few years in the management of type 2 diabetes, but this has been changing a little bit as well due to recent evidence for the cardiovascular benefits from this medication.
The sodium-glucose co-transporter-2 is found in the kidney and is responsible for helping the...