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Jardiance
empagliflozin
Adult Dosing .
Dosage forms: TAB: 10 mg, 25 mg
diabetes mellitus, type 2
- [10-25 mg PO qam]
- Start: 10 mg PO qam; Info: hold tx at least 3 days before surgery/procedure if prolonged fasting
cardiovascular event risk reduction - DM type 2 pts w/ estab. cardiovascular dz
- [10-25 mg PO qam]
- Start: 10 mg PO qam; Info: hold tx at least 3 days before surgery/procedure if prolonged fasting
heart failure-associated risk reduction - heart failure pts
- [10 mg PO qam]
- Info: hold tx at least 3 days before surgery/procedure if prolonged fasting
kidney dz progression and cardiovascular-associated risk reduction - CKD pts w/ progression risk
- [10 mg PO qam]
- Info: hold tx at least 3 days before surgery/procedure if prolonged fasting
renal dosing
- [diabetes mellitus, type 2]
- eGFR <30: avoid use for glycemic control
- HD/PD: not defined
- [cardiovascular event risk reduction - DM type 2 pts w/ estab. cardiovascular dz]
- eGFR >30: no adjustment; eGFR <30: not defined
- HD/PD: not defined
- [heart failure-associated risk reduction - heart failure pts]
- eGFR >20: no adjustment; eGFR <20: not defined
- HD/PD: not defined
- [kidney dz progression and cardiovascular-associated risk reduction - CKD pts w/ progression risk]
- eGFR >20: no adjustment; eGFR <20: not defined
- HD/PD: not defined
hepatic dosing
- [no adjustment]
Peds Dosing .
- Dosage forms: TAB: 10 mg, 25 mg
diabetes mellitus, type 2
- [10 yo and older]
- Dose: 10-25 mg PO qam; Start: 10 mg PO qam; Info: hold tx at least 3 days before surgery/procedure if prolonged fasting
renal dosing
- [see below]
- renal impairment: not defined, consider adult renal dosing for guidance
- HD/PD: not defined
hepatic dosing
- [no adjustment]
Contraindications / Cautions .
- hypersensitivity to drug or ingredient
- pregnancy 2nd trimester
- pregnancy 3rd trimester
- breastfeeding
- diabetic ketoacidosis
- volume depletion
- eGFR <30 (diabetes mellitus tx use)
- caution: pregnancy 1st trimester
- caution: eGFR <60
- caution: hypotension
- caution: elderly pts
- caution: UTI hx
- caution: ketoacidosis risk
- caution: pancreatic disorder
- caution: fasting
- caution: febrile illness, acute
- caution: surgery
- caution: ketogenic diet
- caution: alcohol abuse
- caution: hyperlipidemia
- caution: genital mycotic infection hx
- caution: uncircumcised male pts
- caution: diabetic foot ulcer
- caution: PVD
- caution: amputation hx
Drug Interactions .
Overview
empagliflozin
SGLT2 inhibitor
- antidiabetic agent
- fluid/electrolyte loss
- hypotensive effects
Avoid/Use Alternative
- aldesleukin
- bexagliflozin
- canagliflozin
- lofexidine
- sotagliflozin
Monitor/Modify Tx
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Adverse Reactions .
Serious Reactions
- hypersensitivity rxn
- angioedema
- acute kidney injury
- ketoacidosis
- UTI, serious
- hypotension, orthostatic
- Fournier gangrene
- lower limb amputation risk
Common Reactions
- hypoglycemia (peds pts)
- UTI
- genital mycotic infection
- URI
- urination incr.
- dyslipidemia
- Hct incr.
- arthralgia
- nausea
- Cr incr.
Safety/Monitoring .
Monitoring Parameters
Cr at baseline, then periodically; BP; consider urine ketones if diabetes mellitus type 1 or ketoacidosis risk
Pregnancy/Lactation .
Pregnancy
Clinical Summary
avoid use in 2nd and 3rd trimester, weigh risk/benefit in 1st trimester; inadequate human data available; risk of reversible adverse effects on renal development and maturation in 2nd and 3rd trimesters based on animal data at 13x MRHD and drug's mechanism of action; no known risk of teratogenicity in 1st trimester based on animal data at up to 128x MRHD
Lactation
Clinical Summary
avoid use while breastfeeding; no human data available, though possible risk of adverse effects on infant renal development and maturation based on drug's mechanism of action; no human data available to assess effects on milk production
Pharmacology .
Metabolism: liver; CYP450: none; UGT: 1A3,1A8,1A9,2B7 substrate
Excretion: urine 54.4% (50% unchanged), feces 41.2% (majority unchanged); Half-life: 12.4h
Subclass: Diabetes: SGLT2 Inhibitors ; SGLT2 Inhibitors, Cardiovascular ; SGLT2 Inhibitors, Nephrological
Mechanism of Action
inhibits sodium-glucose cotransporter 2 (SGLT2), reducing glucose and sodium reabsorption, incr. urinary glucose excretion and sodium delivery to distal tubule; may reduce cardiac preload and afterload, downregulate sympathetic activity, incr. tubuloglomerular feedback, and decr. intraglomerular pressure
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