A Diabetes Drug May Maintain Kidney Health: Study Finds
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Type 2 diabetes can lead to diabetic kidney disease, but a class of drugs that cause the kidneys to remove glucose through urine has been gaining attention. An Osaka Metropolitan University-led research group has investigated how such drugs maintain kidney health. The findings were published in Frontiers in Endocrinology.
Known as SGLT2 i.e. sodium-glucose cotransporter-2 inhibitors, the drugs are used to treat type 2 diabetes along with an exercise and diet regimen. The group led by Graduate School of Medicine Associate Professor Katsuhito Mori focused on the sodium-glucose cotransporter-2 inhibitor canagliflozin and its effects on the kidney.
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