The FDA released a safety announcement alerting the public to a new study that found an increase in leg and foot amputations in patients who used Invokana (canagliflozin) to treat type 2 diabetes. This warning comes on the heels of several other FDA warnings regarding the drug such as diabetic ketoacidosis, kidney failure, and bone fractures.
What is Invokana?
Invokana is a prescription medicine used to help lower blood sugar in adults with type 2 diabetes. It is part of a class of drugs known as SGLT2 inhibitors, which lower blood sugar by aiding the kidneys in removing sugar through urine.
This new class of diabetes treatments has already been linked to many reports of kidney failure and there are already many claims which may be presented against the drug’s manufacturer, Johnson & Johnson.
In the ongoing Invokana study, an increased risk of leg and foot amputations have been found as amputations occurred about twice as often in patients who used Invokana as compared to patients who used a placebo. These amputations were most commonly around the toes and feet, but some patients had to have larger amputations of the leg after taking the drug.
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