Category Archives: Kidney failure

CKD, Diabetes, and Jardiance: Delay Kidney Failure!


There is controversy within the medical community about giving SGLT2 medications (especially Jardiance and Farxiga) to treat diabetic patients in CKD. For example, my PCP framed it this way: “Cardiologists like it because it is so effective against heart failure. … Continue reading

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