SGLT2 inhibitors: new reports.

A significant decrease in cardiovascular mortality has been reported with use of the SGLT2 inhibitor empagliflozin (Jardiance) to treat patients with type 2 diabetes who have established cardiovascular disease. The mechanism of this reduction is unclear, and these results may not apply to patients with type 2 diabetes and less advanced cardiovascular disease. Whether the increase in fractures reported with canagliflozin (Invokana) could also occur with empagliflozin remains to be established. All SGLT2 inhibitors are only modestly effective for treatment of diabetes.