Empagliflozin(Jardiance) How it works: Boosts how much glucose leaves your body in urine, and blocks your kidney from reabsorbing glucose. Your doctor may call this type of drug a “SGLT2 inhibitor.” It also has been found to reduce the risk of hospitalization for heart failure as well as...
Farxiga, Invokana, and Jardiance(sodium-glucose transporter 2 inhibitors): These drugs decrease the reabsorption of glucose from the urine, decreasing the amount of sugar that returns to the blood. Possible side effects include yeast and urinary tract infections. ...