20th September 2019 by Louise Hudman
This is a new guideline from NICE giving advice on ertugliflozin, published in April 2019. I am also doing a quick reminder about the other SGLT-2 inhibitors.
It is another sodium-glucose co-transporter 2 (SGLT-2) inhibitor, like canagliflozin, dapagliflozin and empagliflozin.
It is thought to be as effective as the other SGLT-2 inhibitors, but it is cheaper.
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