How Type 2 Diabetes Drug, Dapagliflozin Could Help Control Type 1 Diabetes

Patients with Type 1 diabetes who were treated with dapagliflozin had a significant decline in their blood sugar levels. Dapagliflozin, a medicine prescribed for Type 2 diabetes and was tested for type 1 diabetics. The drug is a sodium glucose cotransporter-2 inhibitor (SGLT-2) which was given as an adjunct therapy in addition to the insulin that patients with Type 1 diabetes need to survive.

Type 2 Diabetes Drug Helps Control Blood Glucose in Type 1 Diabetes
- Dapagliflozin reduced blood sugar levels in type 1 diabetics
- There was no accumulation of ketone bodies
- Dapagliflozin can be use as an adjuvant therapy for type 1 diabetes

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